Re: Supply route to VPN clients

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From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 05/10/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 15:42:56 -0500

"Massimo" <barone@mclink.it> wrote in message
news:uYsywIsNEHA.2488@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> "Of course, but then they're going to route any packet through the office
> LAN, and this slows down any other Internet connection and generates a lot
> of unnecessary traffic on the VPN, the office LAN and the main RRAS
server.

I think this is one of those situations where "it is the way it is". I
don't think the impact of the traffic is going to be as bad as you think.
Besides, when they no longer need resources on the system they are supposed
to disconnect, that's what "Remote Access VPN" is all about. They are only
supposed to connect to your system when they actually need something from
it. Your firewall, or whatever you use to control Internet access, can
typically be set to not allow the VPN client internet access via it. This
will stop any traffic that wasn't meant for your LAN,...if the connection is
being prvented from occuring then the traffic for such a connection never
happens. So if they want to run around on the Internet then they must break
the VPN connection first. 

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

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