PPTP in NT4WS breaking Internet connection
David Gillett
dgillett at NIKU.COM
Fri Feb 4 17:35:46 EST 2000
When you say "loads", do you mean "installs", or do you mean "connects
using"?
If the latter, it is quite common for a VPN client to take over routing of
*all* network traffic to go through the VPN tunnel. In fact, this is fairly
desirable -- a client who has simultaneous connectivity to some other
network is a potential backdoor into your trusted network. (Whether you
allow VPN-connected clients to use the gateway at your end to reach other
parts of the Internet is your call.)
If installing PPTP kills his DSL connection, then that's a serious problem
that I don't know how to fix -- although I'd see if one of the "network
configuration switcher" products can help.
David Gillett
Enterprise Server Manager, Niku Corp.
(650) 701-2702
-----Original Message-----
From: VPN Mailing List [mailto:VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM]On Behalf Of Jeff
Walzer
Sent: February 4, 2000 13:48
To: VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: PPTP in NT4WS breaking Internet connection
Please forgive me if this is the wrong list to post this message to:
I have a remote user with a DSL connection. As soon as he loads PPTP on his
NT4WS laptop he can no longer access the Internet or even ping the default
gateway. The only thing that changes is the loading of PPTP and nothing
else. PPTP is needed to create a VPN connection to our internal LAN. Any
ideas? The laptop has SP6a.
Thanks,
Jeff
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