NETGEAR IPSec VPN Client Professional Release Notes (30-Day Free Trial)
New Features:
- support Windows 8/8.1 32/64-bit; support IPv6.
Bug Fixes:
- Import or export VPN Configuration to or from a mapped drive fails.
- Incoming packets ending with .255 on port 4500 are not handled properly.
- Incoming packets ending with .255 on port 4500 are not handled properly.
- 'TSocket message data type 0 could not be sent' error message preventing an IKEv1 VPN tunnel to open using an IPv6 IP address.
- Packets with a payload smaller than 24 bytes are dropped in IPv6 VPN tunnel, causing issues for FTP
Known issues:
- The VPN Client virtual network interface appears in 'Unidentified network' list in Windows Control Panel (Network).
- Within VPN Configuration with two VPN Tunnels with the same virtual IP address, only the DNS/WINS server address of the first VPN tunnel is used. Workaround: use 2 different virtual IP addresses if DNS/WINS server addresses must be different for each VPN tunnel.
- Multi-proposal with IKEv1 VPN tunnels is limited to 2 choices only for Key Group within Phase2 (i.e. DH2, DH5).
- Traffic detection is not working properly with Config Payload mode enabled (i.e. equivalent to Config Mode in IKEv1).
- DPD continues after tunnel failure (IKEv1 only).
- FTP can work only in "passive mode".
- IPv6: Our gateway only supports aggressive mode for VPN client tunnel
30-day Free Trial:
NOTE: This 30-day Free Trial software does NOT come with free Technical Support. Telephone and email support for this software is available only to registered customers.
- Using the Download Link below, download and extract the new firmware to a convenient place such as your desktop.The filename after extracting is NETGEARVPNClientPro_v6.12.001_Setup.exe
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/VPNG05L/NETGEARVPNClientPro-v6.12.001_Setup.zip
- Double click on the "NETGEARVPNClientPro_v6.12.001_Setup.exe" that you have just downloaded and follow the on screen instructions to install your VPN Client software.
- You may need to restart your computer after the installation.
- If you would like to continue to use the software after the 30-day trial period, please click on "Buy" or contact your local NETGEAR ProSAFE vendor or distributor for additional information on how to purchase a full license copy of this software.
If you find an error, you can gather additional information to aid NETGEAR in resolving your problem::
- Activate the detailed log with CTRL+ALT+D ("Trace mode is on" will appear in the main banner).
- Reboot the PC.
- Run the VPN Client and try to re-create the issue.
- Log on to https://my.netgear.com to submit a Support ticket and make sure you include the following in your Support ticket:
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- A description of the error
- Your VPN client configuration Policy file
- Log files located at: C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR ProSAFE VPN Client Professional\LogFiles
Last Updated:10/17/2025
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Article ID: 26683