VPN Client Support

Can you make a howto?  I'm not a programmer or a network administrator.  The VPN in Windows 8.1 work differently from what i'm use to.  I'm lost

In RT 8.1, you pull settings, change pc settings, network, add vpn connection.  You select the type of VPN manager you are using as Juniper Networks Junos Pulse and enter your company's server address and any credentials.  You also have options for SonicWALL, Microsoft, F5 and Checkpoint.

Otherwise, your options are to get with your network admin and show them the settings available when you go advanced and sort it that way if options are available.

Hmmm I try this, but the username and password fields seem to be inaccessible?

When I try and connect the VPN I get the message "Verifying credentials" and then it fails with "Invalid parameter"...

I have the same problem.  Junos Pulse for iOS and Android both allow inputting the credentials that it then uses to authenticate but I do not see a field for this in 8.1.

Where I am is that I can go create the VPN connection.  I select "Juniper Networks Junos Pulse", then type in whatever name I wish.  Then I put in the server that I connect to (same server that I would navigate to in the browser in order to login to vpn

• just the hostname, no https:// or anything).  Then I save it, then go to the "settings" charm, networks, select my newly created vpn and click connect.  I am prompted for username & password then, which I provide.  Then I select a session.  Then it tells me there is an error and the "connection is not configured for Junos Pulse".  I find this strange, because I am able to use junos pulse client on an android tablet just fine.

If it matters, I am actually using my old intel netbook with windows 8.1 pro.  I am interested in the surface 2, but wanted to ensure my work VPN will work properly before I buy it.  Anybody have any advise?  This is my first exposure to vpn stuff really, so I am hoping I am just missing something simple.

Can you make a howto?  I'm not a programmer or a network administrator.  The VPN in Windows 8.1 work differently from what i'm use to.  I'm lost

In RT 8.1, you pull settings, change pc settings, network, add vpn connection.  You select the type of VPN manager you are using as Juniper Networks Junos Pulse and enter your company's server address and any credentials.  You also have options for SonicWALL, Microsoft, F5 and Checkpoint.

Otherwise, your options are to get with your network admin and show them the settings available when you go advanced and sort it that way if options are available.

Thanks for the info.

However I have the same problems have others with Juniper login.

Add connection, select Juniper, server address, login, select realm, and get "IO incomplete"

Authentication is apparently working fine though since entering different credentials generates a different error.

Did you run into this? ANyone else? How did you get past it? Thanks.

From what I read on the Junos website, Junos does not yet support IE11/win 8.1 and a new release is imminent.  Why they wouldn't be ready for 8.1 and why 8.1 has the client but Junos hasn't shipped it yet I don't know but that's what I saw in an article and I have yet to hear of anyone successfully connecting on these forums.

From what I read on the Junos website, Junos does not yet support IE11/win 8.1 and a new release is imminent.  Why they wouldn't be ready for 8.1 and why 8.1 has the client but Junos hasn't shipped it yet I don't know but that's what I saw in an article and I have yet to hear of anyone successfully connecting on these forums.

This is exactly why I haven't marked this as answered yet and I ended up buying a 2 Pro instead of a 2.

It seems if you want a 'slightly better than iPad/Android tablet for most things' you can get a RT/Surface 2. If you want flexibility and no worries about application support, you have to go Pro.

I loved the battery and portability of the RT, but ultimately I'm a Chrome guy for the Chromecast plugin and synchronized bookmarks. Browser choice is important, and SSL connectivity is equally important.

If just a few tweaks were made to RT it would be a near perfect platform.

I am still awaiting an answer to my inquiry from the Surface marketing folks. If I hear back I will post here and mark this topic (finally) as answered.

Stay tuned and keep contributing - and if anyone does successfully get it working, please share that experience.

When I connect on my Surface RT w/ 8.1, it even connects to the Juniper VPN so far that it allows me to select the Realm....but then it comes back with 'Error connecting to [vpnname] Unknown Error.'

Has anyone else seen this?  Also, has anyone been successful connecting to a Juniper Pulse VPN with a Surface RT using 8.1?

Thank you,

Will