Re: VPN and static routes re-visited

From: Patrick (pmcgilvray_at_xxcrescentpark.com)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:18:16 -0400

Mike
I agree, a good solution is certainly elusive. I've added persistent routes
to the clients, but when they're connected using the VPN, they don't work.
Maybe the remote clients will just have to avoid using the Internet while
VPN'd in...(they'll love that...)

Pat

"Mike" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23Y5KPMcOEHA.2260@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> It sounds to me like there is no good solution to this problem. I have
the
> same issue, and to allow VPN clients to acces resources on a subnet that
is
> different than the RRAS server, I have to manually add a static route to
the
> clients routing table, or check the "Use default gateway on remote
network"
> checkbox, and allow themm to get their Internet traffic through the RRAS
> server through the company's ISP.
>
> --Mike
>
> "Patrick" <pmcgilvray@xxcrescentpark.com> wrote in message
> news:OyEgZZPOEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I've read through a lot of threads that deal with this, but still don't
> see
> > a clear solution for MY particular situation, so here goes:
> >
> > We have remote VPN users who work all day from home. They all have
> > high-speed Internet at home and connect to our RRAS servers using PPTP
VPN
> > connections. They need to access resources on other subnets. If they
> check
> > "Use default gateway on remote network", this works fine. BUT, they can
> no
> > longer access the Internet. This is a problem.
> >
> > I have setup static routes in DHCP using the static route option, and
that
> > works great for internal LAN users, but the routes don't get added to
the
> > VPN client's routing tables. Is this by design?
> >
> > I've also tried adding persistent routes to the clients which again
works
> > fine from inside the LAN, but not for remote VPN clients.
> >
> > --
> > Patrick (MCP)
> > pmcgilvray@xxcrescentpark.com (remove xx)
> >
> >
>
>

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