VPN: Either local Internet OR LAN resources

[chimp0]

Hi there,
Thanks for reading.

I'm having a tough time with VPNing into work. I'm the network admin. I set up the Windows 2003 RRAS server. I'm finding that the remote clients have "either / or" connectivity. Once a client is connected, it either has local Internet without LAN resources OR it has the needed LAN resources but no local Internet.

I can watch continuous pings work, fail and start up again depending on the VPN connection.

Thanks again for reading.
Bob

 

[eibgrad]

By default, Windows redirects all internet requests through the VPN. To change this behavior, locate the VPN client connection, right click Properties, select the Networking tab, open TCP/IP properties, General->Advanced, and uncheck "Use default gateway on remote network".

 

[chimp0]

Hi Eibgrad, thanks for responding. That is what I toggle to get the either-or symptom. When I uncheck "Use default", the local client can reach the Internet but not the work LAN resources. When it IS checked, the client loses the Internet but gains the work LAN.

 

[eibgrad]

Are both networks using different subnets (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24)? They must.

 

[chimp0]

Yeah, different. Home network has 192.168.0.0. Work internal network has 192.168.3.0 with RRAS server handing out 192.168.7.0. Maybe no route between 3.0 and 7.0?

 

[eibgrad]

No route between 3.0 and 7.0? Sounds like a possibility.