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Q: 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

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  • by H.Storm,

    H.Storm H.Storm Sep 26, 2016 12:08 PM in response to ccolotti
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    Sep 26, 2016 12:08 PM in response to ccolotti

    Riiiight ...

    It seems that on top of removing the support for PPTP from both MacOS Sierra and iOS 10 (which I can understand, as the encryption used by this protocol is really weak), Apple has decided to also remove support for PPTP passthrough from the hotspot on iOS 10 ... That's why the PPTP VPN does not work whilst being connected to iOS 10 hotspot.

    That's a real bummer, as even when using 3rd party VPN software like Shimo, my MacBook Pro teamed with iPhone 7 is useless for connecting to the old (but still widely used) PPTP VPN servers. My Apple suddenly became much less useful ...

  • by NicknameOfiPhoneUser,

    NicknameOfiPhoneUser NicknameOfiPhoneUser Sep 26, 2016 12:27 PM in response to H.Storm
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    Sep 26, 2016 12:27 PM in response to H.Storm

    So now I need to buy a Hotspot? Thanks Apple!

  • by stenfromhastveda,

    stenfromhastveda stenfromhastveda Sep 26, 2016 12:44 PM in response to H.Storm
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    Sep 26, 2016 12:44 PM in response to H.Storm

    L2TP is dead to

  • by detech,

    detech detech Sep 27, 2016 1:18 AM in response to MattyBH
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    Sep 27, 2016 1:18 AM in response to MattyBH

    finally it solved,i can connect to vpn through iphone as hotspot with L2TP protocol.

    i am access VPN from my mac and iphone as hotspot.

    i just disable ipsec on my mac and it work, but i have no idea about ios 10 connect vpn directly without jailbreak.

  • by Sergiobello,

    Sergiobello Sergiobello Sep 27, 2016 1:35 PM in response to MattyBH
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    Sep 27, 2016 1:35 PM in response to MattyBH

    same problem here since updating to 10.0.2. Before it was working fine with windows 10 pro.

     

    what I have been able to do is making my phone visible by the system: just by refusing connection to Photos (USB). My phone was then appearing in the list of wifi available connections. But then when trying to connect iphone screen was doing strange blinking stuff. But not connecting at all. So if anyone has a solution please post!

     

    THnks

    serge

  • by AxeBox360,

    AxeBox360 AxeBox360 Sep 28, 2016 10:08 PM in response to MattyBH
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    Sep 28, 2016 10:08 PM in response to MattyBH

    Same boat here. I tried using L2TP on my Mac OS Server and forwarding ports to it, no dice.

     

    IOS 10 was a free upgrade, unless you used PPTP VPN for your business. In that case you will be buying new routers, vpn clients, etc that will let you connect to your VPN. I'll probably fork out $300 for a router with l2tp vpn built in since I cannot get port forwarding to work.

  • by superdjlgyboy,

    superdjlgyboy superdjlgyboy Oct 2, 2016 10:52 PM in response to MattyBH
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    Oct 2, 2016 10:52 PM in response to MattyBH

    Same problem here.. I try to downgrade from iOS 10 to 9. No luck.  Called UTC Apple store in San Diego and was told no way I could downgrade to 9.  I think I am gonna dump apple product pretty soon!!

  • by detech,

    detech detech Oct 2, 2016 10:59 PM in response to superdjlgyboy
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    Oct 2, 2016 10:59 PM in response to superdjlgyboy

    i was had some problem,now it's solved but only if i using macbook. from windows i still crazy.

  • by simonspy,

    simonspy simonspy Oct 5, 2016 2:25 AM in response to MattyBH
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    Oct 5, 2016 2:25 AM in response to MattyBH

    from another thread i found this and worked a treat for me

    good luck

     

    1. Plug in iPhone to laptop/PC

    2. Turn on personal hotpot using USB only

    3. Go to Settings on windows 10

    4. Go to Devices

    5. Go to connected devices

    6. Right click iPhone and choose update driver software

    7. choose second option Manually update driver

    8. Browse

    9. Select Netdriver folder and OK

    11. Click next then close

    12. Should connect

  • by gdiflumeri,

    gdiflumeri gdiflumeri Oct 6, 2016 2:06 AM in response to 02FAR
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    Oct 6, 2016 2:06 AM in response to 02FAR

    Thank you 02FAR.

    Your suggestion has solved the issue. I had to set the value to 2..

  • by ccolotti,

    ccolotti ccolotti Oct 6, 2016 4:48 AM in response to gdiflumeri
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    Oct 6, 2016 4:48 AM in response to gdiflumeri

    Still zero way to get it to work on a Mac even with a 2rd party tool like Shimo....if it's a driver issue then something between MacOS and iOS is still broken if this can be fixed on a Windows 10 Machine something needs to be done to fix it on MacOS.  Maybe I will have to reach out to the Shimo folks.

  • by detech,

    detech detech Oct 6, 2016 4:53 AM in response to ccolotti
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    Oct 6, 2016 4:53 AM in response to ccolotti

    try this, run on your mac terminal, run as sudo.

     

    echo "plugin L2TP.ppp\nl2tpnoipsec" > /etc/ppp/options

     

    its create a config l2tpnoipsec. but you must create L2TP VPN connection from your mac and absolutely your office router have to enable L2TP Protocol.

  • by NicknameOfiPhoneUser,

    NicknameOfiPhoneUser NicknameOfiPhoneUser Oct 6, 2016 7:22 AM in response to ccolotti
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    Oct 6, 2016 7:22 AM in response to ccolotti

    Shimo has said wait for Apple to fix this.

  • by NicknameOfiPhoneUser,

    NicknameOfiPhoneUser NicknameOfiPhoneUser Oct 6, 2016 7:30 AM in response to detech
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    Oct 6, 2016 7:30 AM in response to detech

    this worked better for me as your info gave me permission issues - even with Sudo.


    echo "plugin L2TP.ppp" > options

    echo l2tpnoipsec >> options

    sudo cp options /etc/ppp/


  • by ccolotti,

    ccolotti ccolotti Oct 6, 2016 7:46 AM in response to NicknameOfiPhoneUser
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    Oct 6, 2016 7:46 AM in response to NicknameOfiPhoneUser

    Wow.......that *****.  I doubt Apple is even paying attention to this thread

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