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MattyBH Author

Level 1

35 points

VPN using hotspot with ios 10 not working

I frequently work offsite and use my AT&T iPhone 6s to tether my Windows 10 Pro work tablet (ASUS Transformer T300CHI). Although a lot of the places I work have Wifi, most do not allow VPN which I need to connect to my work server. After the ios 10 update (I am on 10.0.1), I have not had issues tethering, but VPN no longer works.

The Windows 10 Pro built-in VPN on my tablet has an automatic configuration that appears to detect the type of configuration (IKEv2/PPTP/IPSec/L2TP, etc) and you just put in username and password. According to my IT dept, the VPN connection in the office not only supports PPTP (which I understand has been disabled with ios 10) but also supports IKEv2 and L2TP/IPSec. Regardless, I always left VPN setup on Windows 10 in Automatic. I have tried selecting the type of connection but this has not worked either. I typically get a "VPN tunnels failed" error

Any thoughts would be appreciated

iPhone 6s, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 19, 2016 9:30 AM

50 replies

flamman

Level 1

4 points

Oct 31, 2016 1:13 AM in response to simonspy

Hi simonspy,

Could you describe some more about this step:

9. Select Netdriver folder and OK

Where do you locate this on the C: drive? Is this the iTunes Mobile driver or somewhere in the C:\Windows-folder?

simonspy

Level 1

4 points

Oct 31, 2016 4:13 AM in response to flamman

Try

Device manger

Universal Serial...

Applemobile... - double click

drivers

update drivers

browse my computer..

pop down the menu and net driver should by an option

Location

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\NetDrivers

rahmanmj

Level 1

4 points

Dec 15, 2016 7:39 AM in response to simonspy

i stil got problem with VPN connection using ios 10.2 hotspot

server that i want to connect with is out of my control,i can't touch it,

plz help,TQ

Baldur74

Level 1

4 points

Feb 3, 2017 7:31 AM in response to MattyBH

We are seeing the same thing but only when it is tethered using a USB cable. If you connect to the hotspot via the Wi-Fi on the laptop the VPN tunnels will still connect.

Timbo46

Level 1

4 points

Jul 5, 2017 11:22 PM in response to 02FAR

Thanks, this worked for me. Months of frustration over in a few minutes. 🙂

VPN using hotspot with ios 10 not working