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Tony Sutton

First of all, I admit I know little on VPN so bear with me for this simple
question.

I made a new VPN connection so I can remote desktop to my work's machine.

When the VPN connection was established, my home PC's network went out - no
access to the internet, no access to other home network. JUst the VPN
connction was active.

When I disconnect the VPN connection, everything comes back.

Is this normal? If so, how can I keep the Internet access working while on
VPN connection?

Thanks,

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- Tony Sutton
- http://www.fordst170.co.uk
 
You probably need to access internet via
a proxy server; the company IT may have it for you, or a colleague.

When I go on my coy VPN, if I need I/net access as well as Company
e mail, I have to turn on proxy settings via
Internet Explorer
Tools
I/Net Options
Connections
Lan Options
Proxy Server

When you come off the VPN link, you just deselect, but setting
remains greyed out, so you can easily turn back on.


On 28 Dec, 16:58, "Tony Sutton" <T...@hypertony.co.ukNOSPAM> wrote:
> First of all, I admit I know little on VPN so bear with me for this simple
> question.
>
> I made a new VPN connection so I can remote desktop to my work's machine.
>
> When the VPN connection was established, my home PC's network went out - no
> access to the internet, no access to other home network. JUst the VPN
> connction was active.
>
> When I disconnect the VPN connection, everything comes back.
>
> Is this normal? If so, how can I keep the Internet access working while on
> VPN connection?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> - Tony Sutton
> -http://www.fordst170.co.uk
 
*** See below.

"Tony Sutton" <Tony@hypertony.co.ukNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:47752639$0$54789$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk...
> First of all, I admit I know little on VPN so bear with me for this simple
> question.
>
> I made a new VPN connection so I can remote desktop to my work's machine.

*** Setting up a VPN in order to use Remote Desktop is one
*** way of doing things. However, you can use Remote Desktop
*** just as easily without a VPN, provided that you instruct the
*** router at the host site to forward RDP packets to your PC's
*** internal IP address, which must be fixed.

> When the VPN connection was established, my home PC's network went out -
> no access to the internet, no access to other home network. JUst the VPN
> connction was active.
>
> When I disconnect the VPN connection, everything comes back.
>
> Is this normal? If so, how can I keep the Internet access working while on
> VPN connection?

*** This happens whenn you use the same subnet at the host and
*** at the client end. You should change one of them.
> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> - Tony Sutton
> - http://www.fordst170.co.uk
>
>
>
 
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