[vpn-help] Internet Access Is Lost Win7 64-bit

[Johnson_Ken at emc.com]

What I have to do is toggle the Shrew Soft Lightweight Filter by
un-checking, OK, re-checking, OK. I wish they would fix this bug.

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Burch [mailto:lmburch at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:51 PM
To: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
Subject: [vpn-help] Internet Access Is Lost Win7 64-bit

I'm new to Shrew Soft VPN Client -- due to a new laptop, running Windows
7, with the 64-bit 
processor that Cisco's vpn client refuses to run on.  I installed the
"stable" Shrew Soft v2.1.5 
release about 10 days ago.

I have encountered the same problem reported by a few others:  After
installing Shrew Soft v2.1.5 
*and* then rebooting, I no longer have any Internet connectability --
and also no vpn connectivity.

As recommended by Stefan (and seconded by Matthew) in the Archives, I
can disable the DNS Proxy 
Daemon service, which regains Internet connectivity.  But *not* any vpn
connection.

I am assuming that the disabling is properly accomplished in the Task
Manager's "Services" tab, 
right-clicking on "ShrewSoft DNS Proxy Daemon" for the item named
"dptd".  IF THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT 
METHOD, please tell me what I *should* be doing!

The stopping of "dptd" does restore Internet access for me, but not vpn.

After rebooting, I again have no Internet or vpn access.  And stopping
DNS Proxy again restores 
Internet but no vpn capability.

Restarting the DNS Proxy (in Task Mgr's Services tab) does not improve
the situation.

I have now installed the v2.1.6 beta-7, with same results.

At the present, my tactic is to "sleep" my PC (instead of "shutdown"),
or else to uninstall Shrew 
Soft vpn just before shutting down and then re-installing after
restarting.

Any suggestions?