Re: VPN/DNS address

From: James (james.dont.spam.me.billings_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:27:52 -0000

"adfreak" <rtivnan@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:urO8hszAEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thanks. I created the PPTP client connection and manually entered two DNS
> addresses. The first one is 192.168.x.x which is the private address of
the
> VPN server which is also the internal DNS server (I figured I needed this
> since the main reason they'll be using the VPN is to connected and use
MAPI
> via Outlook 2003 to Exchange 2003 server). The second DNS address is the
> Public ISP address.
>
> I connect in no problem and can use MAPI, however, when I launch a
browser,
> I can't get out to websites ???
>

Generally a vpn client cant browse the internet through the tunnelled
connection and out the server the other end. You need to make sure you turn
off "use default gateway on remote network" in the tcp/ip properties of the
pptp connection. You should then get anything using the 192.168.x.x range
using the pptp link and anything else will use the default gateway of the pc
which will be your normal internet connection.

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