Question : Sonicwall PRO 100, connecting to with Global VPN client.

Hi there, I'm trying to connect to a Sonicwall PRO 100 with Sonicwall Global VPN client 2.2.0.131.  I'm looking through the documentation but I just need some help with the basics.  What steps do I need to take to connect this vpn connection?

Answer : Sonicwall PRO 100, connecting to with Global VPN client.

The *new* Sonicwall GVPN client creates a "Virtual Adapter" in your network stack (do an ipconfig /all and you'll see it alongside your LAN, WIFi (etc) adapters). This *has* to be given an IP address on the LAN that you're trying to VPN in to.

This can be done by DHCP *but*  you have to make sure the Sonicwall is configiured to allow that, by default i tisn't.

This is annoyingly NOT made clear in the Sonic docs.

(With the older safenet VPN client Sonic used to supply, you didn't have to have a LAN-side IP address, there was no virtual adapter, the Sonicwall would just set up a static-route to your actual external IP addres via the tunnel.)