New Features:

  1. New design for the Connection Panel. This new design improves VPN Client user experience by simplifying the management of VPN connections. The New Connection Panel is fully configurable via a dedicated management window which enables to create, rename and sort VPN connections.
  2. Added a verification of the gateway certificate subject (SSL).
  3. Using WiFi networks sometimes requires a local authentication (via a captive portal). For users using the GINA Mode (VPN Connection before Windows logon), the VPN Client implements a new browsing window which allows the authentication on the captive portal before opening the tunnel.
  4. Always-on: automatically re-opens tunnel when DPD timeout is detected.
  5. New certificate selection criteria: It is possible to configure a pattern to be found in the certificate subject.
  6. Always-on: automatically re-opens tunnel when remote network is no longer accessible.
  7. "No Split DNS": Ability to force the physical DNS server address to the value of the Virtual DNS Server address. This function solves communication slowness and confidentiality problems.
  8. "No Split Tunneling": Ability to disable default route on physical interface for all, in tunnel configurations.
  9. New "/closeall" command line option (close all tunnels).
  10. New "/resetike" command line option.
  11. Mode Config / Mode CP: Support of Virtual network size sent by the gateway (by default /24 when not specified).
  12. Option to check the gateway certificate CRL in addition to its signature.
  13. Copy / paste of IKEv2 and SSL configurations.
  14. Support of UTF-8 character encoding for X-Auth password (requires a specific configuration).

Bug Fixes:

  1. Corrected management of the virtual interface MTU.
  2. The Configuration Panel and the Connection Panel might appear simultaneously.
  3. Correction of the font in the activation window.
  4. Changing language led to address type duplication (in Child SA configuration).
  5. Deleting a ChildSA among N led to the alert: "An invalid argument was encountered".
  6. X-Auth Popup: Passwords containing ";" were not properly handled.
  7. A SA was closed too early when the lifetime is set in Kbytes from the Gateway.
  8. Improvement of the certificate subject parsing.
  9. Support of certificates containing multiple subject alter names (IKEv1).

Upgrade Procedure:

  1. 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_Setup.exe

    http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/VPNG05L/NETGEARVPNClientPro_Setup_V6.40.004.zip

  2. Double click on the "NETGEARVPNClientPro_Setup.exe" that you have just downloaded and follow the on screen instructions to install your VPN Client software.
  3. You may need to restart your computer after the installation.
  4. 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:

  1. Activate the detailed log with CTRL+ALT+D ("Trace mode is on" will appear in the main banner).
  2. Reboot the PC.
  3. Run the VPN Client and try to re-create the issue.
  4. Log on to https://my.netgear.com to submit a Support ticket and make sure you include the following in your Support ticket: