Windows 10: Every time I connect my VPN, the Wi-Fi symbol down in the bottom left changes to an...

Every time I connect my VPN, the Wi-Fi symbol down in the bottom left changes to an ethernet symbol and when I hover over this it shows that i am connected to local area connection. What does this mean and how can I stop it from showing up like this?

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Trouble Changing Wi-Fi Password


I've been following the following steps to change my Wi-Fi password for some time:

1. Launch Control Panel.
2. Click "Network and Internet."
3. Click "Network and Sharing Center."
4. Click "Wi-Fi...."
5. Click "Wireless Properties."
6. Click the Security tab.
7. Check "Show characters."
8. Enter the password in "Network security key."

Those steps have been working just fine, but today I discovered a new wrinkle. If I change the password inside the router first, "Wi-Fi..." doesn't appear in step 4. This isn't much of a problem at home, because I can just change the password in Control Panel before I change it inside the router, but it would be a problem at a public hotspot, or something of that nature. I also tested Brink's instructions in "How to Connect To a Wireless Network in Windows 10," but they don't work for me either. How can I fix this?

 

Windows 10: How to Show VPN on Wi-Fi list (like Win 8 & 8.1)

In Windows 8.0 and 8.1, VPN connections showed up when you clicked the Wi-Fi connection icon


on the task bar and offered connect/disconnect directly from that context menu (A total of 3 clicks.)

In Windows 10, multiple steps are required to first access your existing VPN connections (5 clicks):

• click the
  
  icon
  
• click Network Settings
• click VPN
• click your connection
• click Connect.

This seems to add it to the menu but has to be repeated for each connection. Now, once it's there, connecting/disconnecting is still a multi-step process vs. the 2 steps it took in previous versions:

• click the Wi-Fi icon
• click the VPN connection (Network Center launches)
• click the VPN connection again, this time in the Network Center
• click Connect or Disconnect

Is it possible to configure Windows 10 in such a way as to minimize these steps?

 

L2PT/IPSec VPN connection fails when using Wi-Fi

Connecting to an L2PT/IPSec VPN connection fails when using a Windows 10 computer connected to the network by Wi-Fi. The error obtained is the following:





I am sure the VPN settings are correct because I can connect to the VPN with the same computer, when the computer is connected to the network by Ethernet. Moreover, I am positive there is not a firewall in the way either, because I tested with another computer
using Ubuntu Linux, and I was able to connect to the VPN over Wi-Fi and Ethernet. Here is a list of the tests I ran:

• Connection to VPN is sucessfull on Windows 10 when using Ethernet and Windows Firewall on.
• Connection to VPN fails on Windows 10 when using Wi-Fi and Windows Firewall on or off.
• Connection to VPN fails on Windows 10 when using both Wi-Fi and Ethernet network connections.
• Connection to VPN is sucessfull on Ubuntu Linux when using Ethernet or Wi-Fi and UFW firewall on or off.

All test were run with the computers connected to a TP-Link SR20 router as the DHCP server and gateway. The router has the L2PT and IPSec pasthrough settings enabled. The antivirus used in the Windows 10 computer is Avira (free edition).

What is preventing the VPN connection when using a Wi-Fi network connection on Windows 10?

Thanks