Re: VPN Client and Local Service

[lonely wolf <wolfy () nobugconsulting ro>]

John Cooper wrote:
> Dear all,
>  
> We have a LAN and use VPN to connect to remote
> Exchange server in back office (we are the client
> side).  As soon as the connection setup, the local
> computer will get one IP address assigned by the
> remote server. Afterwards all the local computers
> could not print because the IP address of the local
> printer is in different range.
>  
> Both our IT admins in two offices said this problem is
> not possible to solve, which means if we need to send
> and receive email, we need to build up the VPN
> connection and if we need to print we have to
> disconnect. As for our normal users the situation is
> really ridiculous. Is it really so difficult to solve
> the problem?
you need to convince the vpn client software to ADD a secondary 
interface, with the IP address different from that of the main (local) 
interface. So you will end with two interface each one with specific 
routes: a local one, with acces to your LAN and the VPN, with acces to 
the remote server.
or, you can add a second interface with local IP after you have the 
address assigned by the remote server. Even Windows can handle multiple 
IP addresses on the same physical interface.