I am trying to setup a vpn connection on a VM Windows machine on my esxi. We have a product that to access it we need to be on a VPN. How would I get this done.
I have tried to setup the vpn on the windows vpn software and it times out.
You should give more details about the specific setup and VPN. I am closing this thread as we are not here to waste our time really. I can accept people being lazy, but this is like a bit too much.
And we already have a lot of people that we are helping. Feel free to open a new thread though with actual details, screenshots, whatever you can provide.
In top of that you have already figured, so deal with the provider really.
You need to find a Reddit sub for the specific VPN you are trying to use.
ESXi is not likely the culprit. Check that you have Internet connectivity, and look at the logs/events for the VPN and for Windows Firewall.
I have internet i know that.
no logs in the windows - vpn event logs
nothing in windows - firewall either
The VM has Internet? What type of VPN? You might be able to use telnet or Test-NetConnection, e.g., Test-NetConnection sslvpn.endpoint -port 443 -InformationLevel Detailed, to determine if there’s connectivity to the VPN host.
I figured out the issue. The xml file for the vpn profile is set for localonly and needs to switched to Allowremoteconnections. Problem is if you change it when you try to connect again it changes it back to local connection.
You probably need to reconfigure the VPN at the head-end, or ask the IT people there to do that the caveat being that most companies don’t want their VPN used by other than the one connected device.
I am IT at our company. It’s the other company that makes the profile. I don’t think I can change it.