Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues in ZyXEL http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23110702 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:38:32 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:38:32 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23563370 bjornsweprod : Hi! (My first post!)
I have a similar problem. My WinXP machine works great with greenbow, VPN connects and I can ping and browse.

My Win7 machine however, doesn't work that great. VPN tunnel connects OK but I can't ping or browse the remote network. Even though windows firewall is disabled.

Both machines have the same settings in greenbow and uses the same connection..

Anyone have any ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23563370 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:07:33 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23306726 jdmt : Don't know if you figured this out already, but I had the same issue on Vista. Here's how I addressed it, without disabling the firewall completely:

Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools and open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

Make sure that Port 500 inbound is set to allow for all hosts. The install should have added a couple of ZyWall IPSec rules for this.

If you want to beable to receive Ping Responses, make sure ICMPv4-In is set to allow...there should be a rule called "File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)" containing this policy.

Once I got all of the firewall issues dealt with, VPN has worked great on my Vista laptop...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23306726 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55:15 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23305373 anon : Well in 2k and XP it was not a trivial task to do it, if its easier to do it in Win7, I am sure many here would be grateful if you posted an example with your 10 steps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23305373 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:15:00 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301968 nicarus : Sorry but I don't understand, why it's complicated?
You have to make maybe 10 moves and you have connection to your Zywall. Earlier I used to open a connection in software like GreenBow or other but now it simplier.
For example I have Zywall 35 in my work and after work i go home and in home i boot my notebook and that's all , I'm in a work network with my home ISP, nothing to do, even if I change my ISP to mobile ISP it works too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301968 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:58:20 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301871 lorennerol :
said by nicarus See Profile :

In Windows 7 You don't need any client to connect by VPN to Zywall , it's built in Windows 7
Yes, it's been built into every NT-branch version of Windows since Windows 2000, it's just not practical to use because it's so complicated to setup and, at least up through XP, doesn't support dynamic IPs on the client side.

Greenbow does work with Win7. The orginal issue turned out to be specific to one PC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301871 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:40 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301850 nicarus : In Windows 7 You don't need any client to connect by VPN to Zywall , it's built in Windows 7]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23301850 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:39:46 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23151026 lorennerol : 4.61.003]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23151026 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:53:05 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23149890 claykin : What version of Greenbow are you running? If V4.2 or higher the software should have made the necessary entries in the Vista firewall during installation. Check your Greenbow version and upgrade to current.

See here:

»www.thegreenbow.com/vpn_faq.html#tblsh17]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23149890 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:38:18 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123572 lorennerol : It worked in Win7 when I added an exception for the remote subnet. I setup a VM with Vista (no more Vista boxes here, thank goodness) and that seemed to work okay without the firewall rule. So I think the Vista issue is specific to one PC.

L]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23123572 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:45:00 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23122953 Bwuutje : The Windows firewall ? Erhmm..outgoing UDP ports 500 and 4500, ESP protocol. And perhaps the remote ip subnet ?

Bwuutje.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23122953 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:55:41 EDT Re: Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23110838 lorennerol : Following up my own post to add: It's an issue with the Vista and Win7 firewall: If I disable the firewall all is good. But I'll be darned if I can find what to unblock. I'm running Win7.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23110838 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:19:25 EDT Greenbow and Vista/Win7 issues http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23110702 lorennerol : Have setup a Z5 for IPSec and can connect with Greenbow on Windows XP. Can ping and access resources by IP, as expected.

Same config on Vista and Win7 will build tunnel, but cannot ping or access resources.

Any advice?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23110702 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:51:35 EDT