Re: firewall setting? - remote to office via vpn then out to external

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From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] (gwdibble_at_NOSPAM.frontiernet.net)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:59:30 -0400

In other words, you VPN into the office and then want to browse the Internet
while connected to the VPN? In that case, what you do is to add the proxy
settings in IE Tools/Internet Options/Connections. In the Dial-up and
Virtual Private Network settings, click your VPN connection and click the
Settings button. Check us a proxy server, enter http://> and port 8080,
etc. the same as the info on the same tab under LAN settings on your office
workstation. Please note that you make these settings in the VPN section of
the Connections page, not the LAN section as you do in the office.

Is it sensible? It uses some bandwidth. Also, normal VPN security
considerations apply - you're connected to the office LAN, so don't do any
web browsing over VPN that you wouldn't do at your office desktop.

"Richard Prossor" <richard-prossor@btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:clab2e$6c3$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> When connected to my office via VPN I wish to go out to an external site.
>
> When I ping an external site, the name resolves but connection times out.
>
> 1) Is there something in the firewall I can enable to permit this to work
> (pass through)?
>
> 2) Is this sensible?
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>

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