Re: VPN questions

Yes, but if the Internet packets are routed over the VPN to the work
network shouldn't they go out of the work Internet connection (assuming
that stuff like the proxy is correctly set up on the PC)?


Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
324 Morrow Street
Topeka, IN  46571
260-593-2156  ext. 621
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




                                                                                
                               
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You are half correct.  When you build the VPN, yes, you are on your company
network, but you are still on your home network.

Think of the VPN as having a second network card in your computer. Your
computer needs to know which interface to send data on correctly.  The
problem with his internet connection dying is that his computer is trying
to
send Internet packets across the VPN, as opposed to over his cable modem.
It is simply a routing issue.  No more.
----- Original Message -----
From: <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] VPN questions
>
> I'm not a network expert (but I play one on TV).  I've understood it that
> once the VPN connection is active you are on the corporate network.
> Outgoing Internet access plays by the same rules as if you were on site
so
> if you had a proxy you would need to have that configured on your home PC
> for it to work.  If there are other network login functions such as
Novell
> you might have to jump through those hoops as well.
>
> The last time that I checked, when I took my work laptop home, connected
it
> to my home network, and VPNed into work via my broadband connection my
> Internet browsing still worked.
>
> Dave Parnin
> Nishikawa Standard Company
> Topeka, IN  46571
> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>

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