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  3. August 2004

Re: VPN questions

Dan Bale wrote: 
I am told that, once I activate a VPN connection, I lose my ability to surf
the internet at large from my ISP.  (I am told that I will only be able to
access the iSeries; the rest of the network will be unavailable via remote
access.)
Is this the nature of VPN?

Generally speaking this is *NOT* the nature of a VPN. UNLESS, of course, the router for the network you are connecting to does not allow you to access the internet.

Once you establish a VPN connection, that VPN will become your default gateway... all non-local TCP/IP traffic is directed through the default gateway.

There may be a way that you can do fancy things with the 'route' command in Windows to let certain traffic go through the VPN and direct other traffic through your home router.

david

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