VPN over Microsoft ICS

[obeseotron]

My father has a VPN connection to work that he uses to work from home some days or on the weekends. The problem is that we have several computers sharing a single cable modem through Windows ICS. His VPN won't work if he isn't the primary computer on the network, and when he is, logging in shuts down ICS. Anyone have an idea for a workaround?

 

[Fuzznuts]

what EXACTLY happens. it should work no probs.

Has he disabled the default route once the VPN is connected. need a bit more detail really other than "it dont work"

 

[stephbu]

Generally the VPN works by changing the outbound gateway of the VPN client to VPN tunnel endpoint.

That is when your father logs on to the VPN though the machine with ICS installed - your whole network's outbound traffic is rerouted via the VPN tunnel.

This is by design - sounds like you need a router.

 

[Fuzznuts]

Originally posted by: stephbu
Generally the VPN works by changing the outbound gateway of the VPN client to VPN tunnel endpoint.

That is when your father logs on to the VPN though the machine with ICS installed - your whole network's outbound traffic is rerouted via the VPN tunnel.

This is by design - sounds like you need a router.

it is not by desgin you can goto the tcp/ip properites of the VPN connection and untick use default gateway on remote network. this will route all internet traffic over the cable modem to the net while the vpn traffic will go over the cable modem to the vpn only.

 

[stephbu]

Fuzznuts - you're right - thinking back to Win2K it used to be in the Networking, TCP Setup, Advanced Settings.

I'd forgotten all about that. Its not there in our VPN setup anymore (we moved to a custom connection manager and smartcard a while back) and I think the same applies to other recent VPN clients.

Then again I work for a company with a paranoid security group.

 

[Fuzznuts]

facists taking away ya tick box