Re: VPN Client and Local Service

["Phillip Hitchcock" <phitchcock () xtra co nz>]

making a couple of assumptions here...

1. that it is each individual machine establishing a VPN connection. since 
you said the computer gets a new ipaddress (this should be a second ip 
assress).
2. you are using the default microsoft vpn client (2000 or XP) which adds a 
ppp device.
3. you are using pptp (although the same shoudl be true for ipsec, i have 
just never tried it).

to be able to accress both networks all you should have to do is disable 
making the vpn connection the default gateway under the advanced tcp-ip 
settings for the vpn connection.

the only other possable problem you might find you have then is resolving 
DNS entrys for both networks... but if you are only accessing a very small 
number of resources on the remote network i would take the easy way out and 
just put in a few static entrys in the local DNS server for the remote 
network and call it a day.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Cooper" <jc20041212 () yahoo com>
To: <security-basics () lists securityfocus com>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: VPN Client and Local Service


> 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?
>
> Thanks,
> JC
>
>
>
>
>
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