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Windows 10 - VPN doesn't pull DHCP, option in IPCONFIG shows it not enabled on the PPTP adapter

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:15 PM

I have a client using RRAS to VPN into their network. It works fine for Windows 8.1 and previous versions using the built in client. In Windows 10 though, when I create a new PPTP connection, I can make the connection to the VPN server, but my machines don't actually get an IP address from DHCP. They do, however, get the correct DNS info.

I can't open the IPv4 or IPv6 properties in the VPN adapter of my connection, nor can I find any PowerShell cmdlet that will let me enable DHCP on the adapter or that will let me set an IP address manually for testing purposes. Internet research hasn't turned up any way around this either. An IPCONFIG shows DHCP as not being enabled on the VPN adapter.

Anyone out there having this same issue, or does anyone have a workaround?

Thanks!

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Friday, August 21, 2015 5:49 AM âś…Answered

Hi CompComf,

The main issue is to configure the VPN address manually, right?

From now on, it is a known issue that the Windows 10 VPN IP properties UI cannot be opened.

We could try to work with the "netsh" command line.
netsh interface ip show config (Get the VPN connection name)
netsh interface ip set address "Wireless Network Connection" static 192.168.5.50 255.255.255.0 192.168.5.1 (Replace the connection name with VPN connection name and replace the IP address )
Here is a link for reference of using netsh to change ip configurations (It should also be applied to Windows 10):
Stupid Geek Tricks: Change Your IP Address From the Command Prompt
http://www.howtogeek.com/103190/change-your-ip-address-from-the-command-prompt/
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 6:21 PM

MeipoXu, I know it's an old question, but I still have problems connecting PPTP client from Windows 10 due to interface not being able to pull DHCP / IP settings.

Same settings for client are working ok from other computers (or the same), but different OS (Windows 7, XP, Ubuntu, Mint), and interface is getting DHCP settings from VPN server.

I'm using two different versions of PPTP VPN, and I have the same issue with both!

Same connection below:

Windows 10 build 14271 x64:

Configuration for interface "VPN Test"
    DHCP enabled:                         No
    IP Address:                           169.254.0.67
    Subnet Prefix:                        169.254.0.0/16 (mask 255.255.0.0)
    Default Gateway:                      0.0.0.0
    Gateway Metric:                       1
    InterfaceMetric:                      10
    Statically Configured DNS Servers:    None
    Register with which suffix:           None
    Statically Configured WINS Servers:   None

Windows 7 SP1 x64:

Configuration for interface "VPN Test"
    DHCP enabled:                         No
    IP Address:                           192.168.1.89
    Subnet Prefix:                        192.168.1.89/32 (mask 255.255.255.255)
    Default Gateway:                      0.0.0.0
    Gateway Metric:                       1
    InterfaceMetric:                      10
    Statically Configured DNS Servers:    192.168.1.92
                                          193.231.252.1
    Register with which suffix:           None
    Statically Configured WINS Servers:   None

Any idea?

Thanks!

T