[vpn-help] No DHCP Response from Gateway

[Matthew Grooms]

On 10/5/2010 3:00 AM, Ben Chamberlain wrote:
> Hi there Shrewsoft guys,
>
> Hoping you may be able to help with what seems to be random ‘No DHCP
> response from gateway’ messages?
>
> I am using the 2.1.6 Windows client, connecting in to a Fortigate 310B
> device – configured as per the guides, with the exception of PFS
> Exchange which is set to group 5 instead of group 2.
>
> I’ve read the archive – this isn’t a DHCP lease issue as our Fortigate
> has plenty of leases available.
>
> Also I’ve disabled DPD and this didn’t resolve the issue.
>
> VPN works ok fine with the native Forticlient software.
>
> Would the PFS exchange group be affecting this considering it is not set
> as per the configuration guides.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>

No, PFS should have no influence over a 'No DHCP response from gateway' 
error message. Do you have debug log output that shows the dysfunction?

http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/BugReportVpnWindows

-Matthew