[vpn-help] Windows 10 issues

Thu Feb 8 06:41:11 CST 2018

Hi,

I sent a message some time ago (I think between 6 months and a year ago) to the list with what has to be done to enable ShrewSoft VPN in the newer windows 10s. 

Please look at the list history for my mail as my notes on this are archived I don't know where...

Actually, I found my notes on this:

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From http://www.ruudborst.nl/shrewsoft-vpn-filter-blocks-traffic-on-windows-10/

Shrew Soft VPN filter blocks traffic on Windows 10

Because of management reasons we have to use Cisco VPN Client or ShrewSoft for VPN connections. Since I upgraded to Windows 10 I also needed a VPN to our management servers. Both vendors have an outdated installer and apparently not compatible with Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 (TP2) so I ended up with a connectivity problem.
The Cisco VPN client wouldn’t install, to overcome this issue you have to set the following reg key, restart your PC and install it again.
PowerShell

    sp 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network' -Name MaxNumFilters -Value 14 -Type DWORD

ShrewSoft VPN client installs, but after it is finished the network connection is lost. The adapter is still enabled but no packets are sent or received. This is because of the network client filter Shrew Soft installed. Somehow, (because of security/DNE corruption reasons?) a legacy scripted install won’t allow the filter to be correctly installed on Windows 10. The solution is to uninstall the filter and install the filter manually like the screenshot below.
When you still have no network connection after a reboot then run winfix.exe from Citrix, reboot again and then apply dneupdate64.msi. The winfix utility cleans up most Windows operating systems to enable installation of products that use DNE (VPN) and other products like DNE. The dneupdate installer installs the newest DNE filter which works with the Shrew Soft filter and solves the issue entirely.  More information can be found on their page http://www.citrix.com/go/lp/dne.html
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Hope this helps and still works.

Carlos Costa e Silva

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From: "Martin Convery" <MConvery at fslcontrols.com>
Sent: Thu, 8-2-2018 11:45
To: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
Subject: [vpn-help] Windows 10 issues

We are having a lot of problems with windows 10 and software not working correctly with various security updates from Microsoft.  Classic to windows 10.

Currently my VPN tunnel won’t enable on my windows 10 machine but it works on all other machines running on windows 7.

Has anyone else had this problem?  Any ideas on how to work around this? 

Thanks Marty

Martin Convery| Electrical Design Engineer
FSL Controls 
Unit 9, Kilcronagh Business Park, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone BT80 9HJ 
Tel: +44 (0) 28 867 57270
www.fslcontrols.com

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