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Re: Unable to use T-Mobile Home Internet with work VPN, any suggestions?
TheLostITGuy wrote: Hi Everyone, Thisis something I posted in another T-Mobile forum a while back. After putting some research into this, I believe I have found a solution (at least one that worked for me). PLEASE NOTE: PART OF MY SOLUTION IS USING MY OWN WIRELESS ROUTER ATTACHED VIA ETHERNET CABLE TO THE BACK OF MY HOTSPOT MODEM. THE INSTRUCTIONS I LEFT BELOW WILL NOT BE OF MUCH USE TO YOU IF YOU ARE NOT USING A WIRELESS ROUTER. This does not require much tech-savviness as I found what I needed from a YouTube video and a little googling on how to access the settings I needed, which I'll post a link to at the end of this. Basically, it's the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) settings that T-Mobile uses. You don't really have to know much about this other than how to find out how to change it, either on your computer or on your wireless router (if using a wireless connection). Most internet providers set their MTU size at 1500. This is more-or-less a standard most in the industry follow. From what I found, T-Mobile sets their MTU sizeat 1450. I'm not going to go into explanation on how this works; just know this is the problem. This tiny difference seems inconsequential, but can make or break your VPN connection. Unfortunately, it's on us as the customers to find our own solution(s) to this problem. This YouTube link gave me the information on how to check my MTU settings and change them on a Windows PC. This is a solution specifically for if you want to only change the MTU Size on individual PC's in your home. Ultimately, I did not change my MTU Sizeon my laptop, but the part of the video that helped me find the MTU Size was key to figuring this whole thing out. The link will take you directly a few seconds right before the spot you need to pay attention at begins: I'm not a Mac user and am not experienced with using them, but this is a link for all y'all Apple fanatics that I found while I was searching for a reason for this problem. It was the first article I came across that set me on the path to figuring out how to change my MTU setting. Hope it helps: https://amithkumarg.medium.com/resolved-t-mobile-home-internet-vpn-issue-2f5ca594c23e And, lastly,I use a TP-Link Wireless router. This link is for TP-Link device owners and shows you how to change the MTU Size. There's no way I can find links to all the different types out there. However every brand's settingsareeasily searched on Google, so good hunting to you and good luck: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1134/ I hope this helps some people. My issue is (self)resolved. Thank you, following that first YouTube video to lower the MTU seems to have helped me. (Sagemcom modem, Cisco AnyConnect VPN) Not sure if this mattered, my employer's IT support also recommended unchecking "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)" and"Client for Microsoft Networks" in the Windows propertiesof all network adapters (Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Cisco AnyConnect). While the problem was ongoing, only HTTP (web pages) didn't work under AnyConnect VPN, other protocols (MS Outlook, MS Teams, ping command) seemed to still work in VPN. So far, for one hour after the configurations, the connectivity is holding.0Visto1like0Comentarios