My problem is that I am able to chat, call and screen-share via skype but not able to browse any site when connected through my Windows VPN (say, VPN-W).
For https
sites it gives SSL Connection Error
and for http
it gives web-page not found
in Chrome browser.
My VPN-W was working nicely till last week.
I suppose since we had installed a few softwares like Sonic Wall Global VPN client, VMware client 5.5, handbrake DVD ripper, Mediacoder and VLC 64-bit, that might have caused the problem (it seems unlikely but still). So I
- uninstalled all of these softwares
- restarted PC after each uninstall
- Ran CCleaner
- deleted my VPN-W from
Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections
- reconfigured VPN-W.
But all this didn't work.
I thought may be there are some rules which might have been set-up on the VPN so I asked my colleagues to connect through my credentials and they were all able to do that without any issues. And all of them have all the softwares which I have installed except Sonic Wall Global VPN client
.
So in conclusion it is my system which is behaving weirdly. I am not able to figure out exactly what is wrong with my system.
Here is how I configured my VPN:
- Click on network icon in taskbar
- Click on Open Network and Sharing Center.
- Click on the Setup a new connection or network link in Change your Network Settings on the center of the window.
- In the window that pops up, click Connect to a workplace, then click Next.
- Select the Use my Internet connection (VPN) option.
- In the window that appears, type the
Internet Address
andDestination Name
, then click Next. - In the next window that comes enter
Username
andPassword
and click Connect.
Any pointers will help. Thanks.
Best Answer
With a VPN the first things I think about are routing issues related to the creation of the the new "virtual" network interface (i.e. default route, netmask, NAT) - these are usually dealt with automatically. A related issue is DNS lookup. Can you still access your nameserver? Are you able to use Google's public nameserver as a substitute? (
8.8.8.8
)I think you have the key to your answer in something you said: "all of [my colleagues] have the softwares (sic) which I have installed except
Sonic Wall Global VPN client
". It certainly sounds like a firewall issue - since Skype is able to find its way through firewalls you are able to continue using it; whereas client software expecting to be able to access a port in a "normal" fashion in order connect to external services are blocked by the firewall. Have you checked your firewall settings to be sure they are properly handling the VPN connection?