We generally use a VPN for office networks or to establish an increasingly secure connection to the Internet. While setting up a VPN connection is very simple, there can also be associated problems. Many users encounter an error when connecting to a VPN (which had worked previously) saying, “A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You may need to change the network settings for this connection. "
If you are also encountering this error then don't worry as it can be easily fixed. Let's see how.
Solution 1: Use Device Manager
Step 1: press the Windows key + X together on the keyboard and select Device administrator give the menu answer.
Step 2: A Device administrator window, scroll down and expand Network adapters. Now, right-click on Miniport WAN (SSTP) and select Uninstall device from the menu.
Step 3: Repeat the same process shown in Step 2 to Uninstall device for all Miniporti listed below one by one:
- WAN Miniport (PPTP)
- Miniport WAN (PPPOE)
- WAN miniport (network monitor)
- Miniport WAN (L2TP)
- Miniport WAN (IPv6)
- Miniport WAN (IP)
- Miniport WAN (IKEv2)
4 phase: Now click on the file Action tab at the top of the window and select Check for hardware changes give the menu answer.
This will reinstall all WAN miniports as they were before. So you basically install them again and now your VPN should work again.
Solution 2: disable the proxy
1. Press Tasto Windows + R to open the run command box.
2. Write inetcpl.cpl on it and click ok.
3. Click Connections Tab list tab at the top.
4. Then click LAN settings.
5. make sure Use a proxy server for your LAN è rampant.
