F-Secure Total VPN ver. 25.8 constantly drops connection

Smoggis · October 4

I've been using F-Secure VPN via my F-Secure Total subscription for a while now, and I've been struggling with VPN connectivity every day.

I've set the VPN to connect at windows logon. Everything is fine, until 30mins to 1 hour later the connection is lost and due to kill switch I also lose all internet connectivity. Only way to fix this is to disable the VPN and wait for windows to connect back again. Other would be to disable the kill switch, but that gives me an unsafe feeling.

I've tried switching the protocol from Hydra to OpenVPN to Wireguard, but that does not seem to improve connection stability. Eventwiever only tells me that the DHCP server could not set an IP address.

Some specs about my setup that might help:
OS: Windows 11 Pro version 24H2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
RAM: 16GB
Chipset: AMD X470

JOnes · October 4

The symptom you describe occurs in F-Secure version win 25.8 and has been fixed in version win 25.9. So far, updates have not been distributed more widely, perhaps soon.

https://www.kb.f-secure.com/s/article/What-s-new-in-the-F-Secure-app?language=en_US&utmid=app-release-notes

Smoggis · October 4

https://community.f-secure.com/en/discussion/comment/142427#Comment_142427

Thank you for your answer! That explains a lot.

I'll just have to disable the kill switch then and hope that the 25.9 update reaches me soon.

F-Secure Total VPN ver. 25.8 constantly drops connection

Accepted Answer

Answers

Categories