How to Allow VPN through Norton Firewall (1st Method)
Follow these steps in order to prevent Norton Antivirus from blocking your VPN connection on your Windows system:
1- Go to the notification tray, and then right-click on Norton icon.
2- Choose “Options” followed by a click on “Norton Internet Security” option.
3- Next, hit the “Personal Firewall” option followed by a click on “Trust Control“.
4- Next, click on the “Add” button.
5- In this step, you will need to type in the IP address of your VPN server you want to connect to, and then click on the “OK” button.
6- Now you can apply the changes you have made by clicking on the “OK” button.
You should now be able to connect to your VPN.
How to Allow VPN through Norton Firewall (2nd Method)
1- Navigate to the Norton icon located at the bottom right corner of the system tray, and then open the main window.
2- Next, click on “Settings”.
3- From “Settings”, go to “Detailed Settings”, and then click on “Firewall”.
4- Head over to the “Program Control” tab, and then choose your VPN app which you want to give permission to through Norton firewall.
5- Hit “Allow” in the Access drop-down list.
6- Click “Apply” to save your changes.
How to Allow VPN through Norton Firewall (3rd Method)
Follow the steps below using the IP address of your VPN server in order to allow your VPN through Norton firewall:
1- Go to “Settings”, and then click on “Firewall” followed by a click on “Program Rules”, and then click on “Add”.
2- From the file window, click on “Select a program”, and then browse for your VPN app to give it permission through the firewall.
3- Once you have located your VPN app, click on “Open”.
4- You will then be prompted by “What do you want to do?” message, make sure it is set to “Manually configure Internet access”, and then hit the “OK” button.
5- Now, choose “Allow“, and then click on “Next” to continue.
6- Choose “Connections to and from other computers“, and then click “Next”.
7- Choose “Only the computers and sites listed below“, and then click on the “Add” button.
8- Choose “Individually“, then insert the IP address of the VPN server you want to connect to in the “Edit” field, and then click on “OK”.
9- Click on “Next”, and then make sure that ‘All types of communication‘, “TCP and UDP” are selected.
10- Choose “Create a Security History log entry“.
11- Add a name for your rule, and then click “Next”.
12- Click on “Finish” to save your rule.
