I was running Sonicwall Global VPN Client 4.7.3 on my Surface Pro/Windows 8 with no problems. After upgrading the Surface Pro to Windows 8.1 the Sonicwall GVPN client stopped working with numerous IPSEC errors. I uninstalled the Sonicwall GVPN client, rebooted, and installed Sonicwall GVPN Client 4.8.6.0826 (early release). The Sonicwall GVPN Client worked fine (I was able to establish a VPN session) and my wireless access worked fine. On the first reboot after installation and testing my wireless access stopped working and thus the Sonicwall GVPN Client no longer works.

I contacted SonicWALL chat support and they provided me with a beta of a Windows 8.1-compatible Global VPN which reports itself as v4.8.6.0826. So far it appears to be working, although I did need to enable DHCP-over-VPN and set the VPN's virtual adapter to 'DHCP Lease' (which assigns IP addresses to connected VPN clients) before I. Find the answers to your questions by searching or browsing our knowledge base. The SonicWall Global VPN Client 4.9.9 operates on 32. Windows 8.1; Windows 8.

Uninstalling the Sonicwall GVPN Client restores wireless access. It seems that something in this setup is disabling the wireless function after a reboot. First Time Home Owner Programs.

So, the question is, has anyone gotten the Sonicwall GVPN Client to work with Windows 8.1 on the MS Surface Pro, and if so, how did you do it? All software and firmware are up to date and the GVPN client software is the latest available from Sonicwall for Windows 8.