Avaya has released version 10.06.022 of their VPN client (formerly Contivity client) that supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. This single client supports the following operating systems (in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions);
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
Resolved Issues
- wi01003255 – Split Tunnel Failure on Windows 7
- wi00860526,wi00972868 – Mobility for IPSEC doesn’t work properly on Windows 7 and XP.
- wi00947857 – IPsec split tunneling mode enabled_inverse_local does not enforce its restrictions on sessions already established before the tunnel was created.
- wi00956803 – Cached VPN adapter drivers not cleaned up on Windows 7
- wi00995550 – Disconnecting a tunnel may cause service crash
- wi00981906 – Fetching banner from different AVG when DNS Round Robin used
- wi01006672 AVC may Orphan DNS Suffix Entries if ungracefully terminated.
New Outstanding issues
- wi01011920 – AVC may Orphan NetBT NameList registry entries if ungracefully terminated. The workaround is to clear the NetBT NameList or gracefully terminate the VPN Client before rebooting or restarting the host PC.
New Known Issues
- wi00928966 – Users who upgrade from a v10.05 or earlier release to v10.06 on Windows XP may receive the following error dialogue when attempting to establish an IPSec VPN tunnel – “Activation of VPN Adapter Failed”. This issue occurs when the AVC filter driver is not upgraded correctly during software installation. As a precautionary measure, rebooting the machine before an upgrade installation is highly recommended. If the problem does occur, the workaround would be to uninstall and then reinstall the client. Please note, uninstall will remove all profiles and configurations. If users want to carry them over to the following reinstallation, they can use the Import/Export feature to export them before uninstall and import them back after reinstallation. For more details about the Import/Export feature please see Section 7 of this document.)
- wi00951988 – Component modification after installation is not supported.
- wi00932075 – Canceling uninstall in the middle may cause faulty rollback.
You should refer to the release notes for all the details.
I will continue to host the client files on my website.
AVC32-10.06.022.exe (32-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7)
AVC64-10.06.022.exe (64-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7)
Cheers!
Thanks for posting the new client!!!! :) Much appreciated! Love your blog!
No problem Matt!
Thanks Michael…
You’re very welcome!
Hi guys.
I have tried many versions of Avaya VPN, the latest one included, on Windows 7. However I am still getting famous error “VPN tunnel is disconnected due to routing table change”. I have applied also workaround, published recently on our blog – to set metric to some fixed number (I’ve used 20). But I am still getting this error and it doesn’t matter if I am using a cable or WIFI. I have relized that this error comes much quicker when I transfer bigger amount of data, while it seems to be working fine, when I am not transfering anything.
Do you know, if there is some setup or other workaround, which could help me?
Any help is very welcome, because it is more than annoying to be disconnected every 10 minutes :-/
Thanks!
Hi Birkof,
I’ve never personally observed that problem so I can’t really say how to fix it other than to point to the documentation that you’ve already seen.
Do you have access to the AVR (Avaya VPN Router)? Is the AVR running software release 8.x or higher?
Unfortunately, I can’t really say what the issue is because I’ve never personally seen it or had to troubleshoot it myself. I know the IPSec connection isn’t very tolerable of poor Internet connections. If you start a constant ping to the AVR do you see any ICMP timeouts?
Sorry.
I’ve reinstalled my pc and it started to work normally. Really weird.
This blog has been a true lifesaver, thanks for posting and hosting the clients.
Thanks for the comment Carl!
Hey Mike, is there any chance you could upload the 32-bit and 64-bit Customization Kit for this version? We’re on a very old Nortel version that isn’t really Windows7 compatible so it would be a big help, cause it helps us deploy the VPN client with the settings already integrated. It is a true timesaver, just like your awesome blog. Thanks!
Hi Michael,
You’ll find the customization kits at the following URLs;
http://cdn.michaelfmcnamara.com/files/AVCCustKit32-10.06.022.zip
http://cdn.michaelfmcnamara.com/files/AVCCustKit64-10.06.022.zip
Cheers!
Hi Michael, I just want to let you know that there’s a new version of the Avaya vpn client, which is 10.06.104. The release notes are here: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100165411.
Have a good day!
Thanks for the notice… I’ve put up a new post with the new client!
http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2012/08/avaya-vpn-client-release-10-06-104-for-windows-7/
Awesome! Thanks again man! I hope you continued to provide these downloads!
Hi Michael,
thx for providing us the Avaya VPN Client.
Cheers
You’re welcome Damian!
Hi Michael,
we’re using the avaya client (10.05) on Windows Server 2008 R2 but we got a blue screen error message : driver_irql_not_less_or_equal nvcwfpco.sys
do you have any idea what is wrong?
Still no Windows 8 client right? I think I hosed my work environment (whichs requires VPN) by upgrading to windows 8.
Hi Kyle,
You might want to try the latest client, although I’m not sure if Avaya intends to release a Windows 8 version with the Avaya VPN Router being end-of-life and all.
Thanks for getting back to me. A clean install of windows 8 and the latest software you suggested did end up working. I guess I took the lazy path by upgrading the OS rather than a clean install like I normally do. Thanks again.
Hi Michael, I’m still having that “accept banner” issue using the eset smart security suite 5, which is really annoying. Do you know any software firewall compatible with this vpn?
Hi Alex,
I really haven’t been utilizing this VPN client myself lately so I can really speak to your question. You’ve added rules to allow all communications to/from the VPN router? I would suggest you test by uninstalling the ESET client, if the VPN client works you should be able to contact ESET for support.
Cheers!
Hi,
There is away to import my cisco vpn client profiles to avaya.
thanks.
I wouldn’t think so… they are completely different applications.
Cheers!
I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8 for “no reason”. Anyway, This version works great for Windows 8. Thanks Michael
Thanks for the feedback Frank!
Hi Michael / all,
sorry to ask such a dumb question – i cannot find anywhere in the client (nor online) to configure or check the split tunneling options – is this automatic or something? i’d like to be able to control the traffic so that pure internet traffic routes out via my local network at home instead of up to work and out that way…
thanks, dan
Hi Dan,
You would need to speak to the administrator of your VPN router, those options are defined with the VPN router itself.
Good Luck!
Its give error when I click on set up for 32 bit windows 7 “404 file not found”
Hi Piyush,
There’s not much advice I can provide beyond the obvious, make sure that you are logged in as an Administrator and make sure you have enough free disk space to expand the archive.
Good Luck!