![]() Although I still do not recommend using the device tunnel alone, I understand that it may be acceptable for others, so I have decided to release that information here. However, recently I have had a change of heart, and decided to publish this information for those administrators who want to use the device tunnel exclusively, and would also benefit from a visual connectivity status indicator for the Windows 10 Always On VPN device tunnel. I declined to approve those comments because initially I did not want to encourage people to deploy the device tunnel standalone. Disconnecting the device tunnel must be performed by an administrator using the GUI tool rasphone.exe or the command line tool rasdial.exe.įor the record, several readers of this blog had posted this workaround in the comments of this post. This is expected and by design, as the device tunnel is deployed in the context of the system, not the user. Once this registry value is set, the Always On VPN device tunnel will appear in the notification area long with other network connections.Īlthough the UI will now display the connectivity status of the Always On VPN device tunnel, clicking Disconnect has no effect. New-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Flyout\VPN\’ -Name ‘ShowDeviceTunnelInUI’ -PropertyType DWORD -Value 1 -Force Within the Connection option and select Advanced Network Settings. Select Advanced as your User Profiency from the Mode option on the left. Within Vuze/BiglyBT, select Tools and then Option. New-Item -Path ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Flyout\VPN’ -Force To config and bind BitTorrent to use the WeVPN service. ![]() ![]() You can set this registry value using Active Directory group policy preferences or locally by running the following PowerShell command. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Flyout\VPN\ShowDeviceTunnelInUI DWORD = 1 This can be done by setting the following registry value. However, the device tunnel does appear in the classic Network Connections control panel applet (ncpa.cpl).įortunately, there is a simple workaround that allows for the device tunnel connection status to appear in the Windows 10 notification area. Device Tunnel Statusįor those administrators who have decided to deploy the device tunnel exclusively, a common complaint is that the device tunnel connection status does not appear in the Windows 10 notification area like other network or user tunnel connections. ![]() While I do not typically recommend this configuration for a variety of reasons, there are some use cases for which using the device tunnel might be acceptable. Although the device tunnel was designed to supplement the user tunnel connection, some administrators have deployed the device tunnel exclusively and use it for general on-premises network access. If you are not familiar with the device tunnel, it is an optional configuration that provides pre-logon connectivity for domain-joined, Enterprise edition Windows 10 clients. I’ve written many articles about the Windows 10 Always On VPN device tunnel over the years. ![]()
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