Windows 10: I can't turn on Internet Connection Sharing for my VPN because it is already sharing a...

I could do this very easily until a few days ago. I use my computer's VPN to have a VPN connection on my PS4, so I need it to share the VPN connection through ICS with an ethernet cable. This was working fine but now apparently it is always sharing "wireless_14" which is a component that I couldn't find anywhere in my computer, and on top of that it keeps giving me Error 1168: Element not found, which I think is related to wireless_14 since they both appeared at the same time. Any help would be appreciated even though I tried everything I could think of. I also cannot provide screenshots since my computer is in a different language.

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Is it possible to share internet connection via remote desktop?

RDP is not capable of Internet sharing, so you can't share Internet using RDP with standard applications. There are many way to share Internet from a Windows box to another one. I suggest you to use VPN. You should do following steps:

1. Run VPN Server on your server with unlimited internet access
   
2. Connect to VPN server from your limited computer
   

 

VPN Sharing

I have setup VPN Sharing on a Win 10 machine by sharing the main Internet connection with a 2nd Network Card, the connection is working but the speed through the 2nd card is only around 1/4 of the main connection, anyone have any suggestions, I am through Private Internet Access and they seem to be clueless, thanks Shane.

 

Share internet without vpn interferance

[EDIT] This answer assumed that the built-in Windows VPN client was used. However, it turned out in the comments below that the OP is using a 3rd party VPN client, presumably OpenVPN-based going by the "TAP-Windows Adapter v9" name. That adapter does not expose the use default gateway on remote network setting in its property pages, so the following does not apply in this case (though it still attempts to answer the question as originally posted).

Make sure you the VPN connector is not set to provide Internet access via the remote machine.

Step by step:

• open Control Panel
  
• open Network and Sharing
  
• click Change adapter settings
  
• select the VPN adapter, right click and select Properties
  
• switch to the Networking tab
  

For each of the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols do the following:

• highlight then click Properties
  
• click Advanced
  
• uncheck Use default gateway on remote network
  

OK and close everything, then re-connect the VPN.