Problems with SoftEtherVPN on a computer with operating system Windows XP





Problems with SoftEther connections in XP and work arounds
_1) Endless prompt to log in by first use of a connection.
Usually the first attempt to make a connection leads to an endless repeating prompt to give your Password , https://imgur.com/1TG4SV6 , https://imgur.com/KYOOtBo
If this occurs, which in XP usually does, then you will have to wait for approximately a day. Usually after this, the problem is gone.
_2) 10 minute settling down time
Once you have got rid of Problem _1) , then usually connections do then appear to be successful. But almost always they break , disconnect and reconnect automatically a few times. It always best to ignore this for about 10 minutes , after which it settles down and the connection I usually stable.
_3) Time out error.
If you have not made any attempts at a VPN SoftEther connection on your XP computer for a few days then you may have a working internet after the initial settling down period.
Otherwise you will usually get a Time out error, https://imgur.com/bLwfPqc , https://imgur.com/POQx7OF , https://imgur.com/5VVrVsX
This means, that, although you may appear to have a successful connection, you find that internet does not work. You typically get a time-out error, https://imgur.com/bLwfPqc , https://imgur.com/POQx7OF , https://imgur.com/5VVrVsX

I made many experiments with different computers , and always experience these connectivity problems with SoftEther on XP devices.

So far, the best workaround which will most likely get you a connection and a working internet is the following:

_3a) Either
De activate and re activate the Network connector for your typically working non VPN Internet .
Or
Restart your computer

( After doing this, wait until you have a normal working internet ( without VPN )

_3b) Make a connection to a Server, via the SoftEther VPN Client Manager , https://imgur.com/ZnnEdSm

_3c) Wait approximately 10 minutes

_3d) if you now have the time out error in internet then..
_3d)(i) Bring up the black command window,
( using keyboard Keys: [MicrosoftSymbol] + [ r ] , then type cmd , then hit OK ) https://imgur.com/62pUXTh
_3d)(ii) Type the following 4 commands, fairly quickly
ipconfig /release Enter
ipconfig/ renew Enter
ipconfig /release Enter
ipconfig/ renew Enter
https://imgur.com/juzxT3C , https://imgur.com/9bP3hGw


Often, after a long time period of a working connection, the time-out problem may suddenly occur. This will often occur when a connection breaks and re connects automatically
Occasionally, you may find that the double
ipconfig/ release Enter
ipconfig /renew Enter pair of 3d) , without the 3a)-3c) , will recover this situation of a connection with internet time out error.


Occasionally, no work around will get you a working connection. There seems to be some mechanism/s, known or unknown, in place which reduce the likelihood of a successful connection by increased attempts a connection. So if you are beginning to have problems with a connection, then you can slip into a vicious circle if you try more and more.
If you do not easily get a connection in the first 15 minutes, then it is best to give up for a day or so on that particular computer with SoftEther.
If you need to be able to reliably get a connection via VPN at an time, then I would suggest that you should have a minimum of two computers available with at least two independent methods for getting a connection on each computer.



_4) Problem with your normal ( non VPN ) internet, most likely caused by a current or recent VPN connection.
You may hit a problem like this: You appear to have a typical situation which is known to you as your typical working system/Router/WLAN connection, etc., with a routinely healthy looking connection to your normal internet. This is the usual situation which almost always for you results in a working internet. ( For example: This is a typical indication of a healthy Internet WLAN connection which usually results in a working internet for me: )
However, in such a situation a computer may untypically give an error suggesting that there is no internet connection. (You may or may not at this time be able to get a working VPN connection on that computer, and most likely other computers, if you have them, may have a working internet as typically expected.
This may be the cause of the problem:
At some point the VPN software has required to fix temporarily some values in your internet source, which are usually set at dynamic/non fixed . Usually the VPN would reset to the typical dynamic/non fixed at some point. Occasionally this resetting may have not taken place.
For example.
Get the Network Connections Console up, as described in previous sections. Here is an example of one of my xp computers: https://imgur.com/bb2hYZJ
Right mouse click on the representation of your internet, in my example the WLAN connection to my house Router: https://imgur.com/89KZoYs
After Right mouse clicking, select Properties in the List of options which should have come up.
Look in the list for things of the IP and / or TCP nature. Most likely there will be one for something like Internetprotokoll TCP/IP, https://imgur.com/yahJIAQ , which is currently ticked
Left mouse click on the text to the right of the ticked box.
Then click on the Properties button. Selecting the Properties button should bring up a second Window. Typically you will see in such a window radio buttons selected which indicate of some form of automated selection, https://imgur.com/1GaOgcK
( If this Properties button is grayed out, then you may need to disable/deactivate the connection, or possibly close something else. A pop up might advise you on what action should be taken, when initially you left mouse clicked on the representation of your internet in the Network Connections Console.
If , instead of automatic options selected, you see something like this: https://imgur.com/r071G6X , then this is likely the cause of your strange internet problem.
If you change the settings to automatic, them typically your internet will immediately start working as normal.







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