Re: MSN Messenger while on VPN

From: Manjari Bonam [MSFT] (manjarib_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:21:45 +0530

The property "Use default gateway on the remote network" makes use of the
VPN server as the default gateway and routes all the traffic.

If you do not want that to happen and want to use your local gateway to
route all the traffic, then you should uncheck the option. 

-- 
- Manjari
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Andrew Webb" <andrew.webb@not-here.eme-med.co.uk> wrote in message
news:#XBocbkFEHA.1600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for this - I will try enabling the policy and let him request and
> address. Will other clients be issued addresses as normal ?
>
> I think that he does have the 'use the default gateway on the remote
> network' option ticked. We want this ticked because we don't want traffic
> from both a local internet connection and the VPN being active at the same
> time for security reasons. The problem is that traffic over the PPTP
tunnel
> doesn't seem to get routed correctly out on to the Internet and back, so
MSN
> messenger (and ping) don't work. Is this normal - if I UNtick the box,
then
> pings go out through the local network connection.
>
> Any thoughts ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
> "Manjari Bonam [MSFT]" <manjarib@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ubVT30XFEHA.1600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Yes, you can do that. You can have a policy on the VPN server and say
> > "client may request an IP address" so that when the client comes in with
> the
> > IP, he is given the same IP everytime.
> >
> > Is Internet access possible on your network? If it is and still the user
> is
> > not able to go to Internet then
> > I think he does not have the option "Use the default gateway on the
remote
> > network enabled".
> >
> > -- 
> > - Manjari
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > "Andrew Webb" <andrew.webb@not-here.eme-med.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:#k9z8vXFEHA.3424@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > One of our staff uses MSN Messenger, so I opened this service up for
him
> > > through ISA - he gets a 'fixed' IP address from DHCP. Normally we
block
> > MSN.
> > > When he connects to the VPN, he doesn't get the same IP address - can
> > > Windows RRAS always issue him with the same address when he connects
via
> > > PPTP as well ?
> > >
> > > Assuming we can get an IP address or range that he can use that allows
> > MSN,
> > > would MSN be able to route back out to the Internet whilst he is on
the
> > VPN
> > > ? When on the VPN, he can't ping servers, so which traffic can't get
> back
> > > through the VPN and on to the Internet ?
> > >
> > > We have just a single ISA server which is a firewall and proxy, and
> people
> > > VPN in to this using PPTP (and SecurID authentication). We access is
via
> > the
> > > proxy service which works fine on or off the VPN.
> > >
> > > Any thoughs ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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