We generally use a VPN for office networks or to establish an increasingly secure connection with the internet. While setting up a VPN connection is a breeze, there can also be problems associated with it. Many users experience an error while connecting to a VPN network (which had worked earlier) saying, “A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network settings for this connection.”
If you are also experiencing this error, nothing to worry as this can fixed easily. Let’s see how.
Solution 1 : Using Device Manager
Step 1: Press the Windows key + X together on your keyboard and select Device Manager from the context menu.
Step 2: In the Device Manager window, scroll down and expand Network adapters. Now, right-click on WAN Miniport (SSTP) and select Uninstall device from the menu.
Step 3: Repeat the same process as shown in Step 2 to Uninstall device for the all the Miniports listed below one by one:
- WAN Miniport (PPTP)
- WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
- WAN Miniport (Network Monitor)
- WAN Miniport (L2TP)
- WAN Miniport (IPv6)
- WAN Miniport (IP)
- WAN Miniport (IKEv2)
Step 4: Now, click on the Action tab at the top of the window and select Scan for hardware changes from the context menu.
This will re-install all the WAN Miniports again as it was earlier. So, basically, it installs them freshly and now your VPN should work back again.
Solution 2 : Disable Proxy
1. Press Windows key + R to open run command box.
2. Write inetcpl.cpl in it and click OK.
3. Click on Connections Tab from the top tab list.
4. Now, click on LAN Settings.
5. Make sure that Use a Proxy server for your LAN is unchecked.
Anonymous says
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Stefan says
Clearing out the WAN miniports was the only thing that worked after nearly an hour of troubleshooting both on the client and server-side, thank you so much!!
Stephen says
Solution 1 is helpful. Fixed. Thanks a lot.
Jerry says
Mothod2 is helpful. Fixed. Thanks a lot.
Bjorn says
Thanks!!!
Unistalling the WAN miniports did it for me!
Alex says
Muito obrigado!! Salvando pessoas de todo mundo!
francis says
thanks so much
it’s works for me (2020)
Rajesh says
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Tonmoy says
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Erik says
OMG!!! You saved me. I have many people with this issue. Thanks so MUCH!!
inGGAIN says
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Anonymous says
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Anonymous says
It didnt work the first time around but after doing it a second time it worked. Thank you very much!
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James Lenaburg says
Doesn’t work for me.
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Arne says
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Michael Graham says
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Bjorn Alpberg says
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Anonymous says
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TD says
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Tom says
Thank you! Fixed my issue after a month of trying.