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Using VPN through home networkHi all,
I have a wireless router to which my home computer is wired, and my work laptop connects through wifi. I've shared my printer through the network and all seems well. I can print from both comps. When I use the laptop to connect through my VPN, I can no longer print to my home printers. Once I disconnect from the VPN, the printers are once again available. I'm hoping here is a simple fix/work around!! Thanks. Its called spit tunneling and some corporate and SoHo admins, including
myself, disable that. That means when your connected to the VPN server at work you can not access the public internet except through the VPN tunnel and office VPN server/network. This also affects access to your local LAN. Once you disconnect the VPN link you can access the internet and local LAN. Its a security issue. Read more about it here... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1003.mspx#EQCAC This can be configured either on the server side, like I do with OpenVPN, or the client side like the MS PPTP VPN client. Talk to your work admins about this and see what their policy is... -- Show quoteHide quoteAl Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... "argee" <r***@niagarapiston.com> wrote in message news:1155037993.489341.235690@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Hi all, > > I have a wireless router to which my home computer is wired, and my > work laptop connects through wifi. I've shared my printer through the > network and all seems well. I can print from both comps. When I use > the laptop to connect through my VPN, I can no longer print to my home > printers. Once I disconnect from the VPN, the printers are once again > available. > > I'm hoping here is a simple fix/work around!! > > Thanks. > Thanks Al!!
I'll talk to our Net Admin. Sooner Al [MVP] wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Its called spit tunneling and some corporate and SoHo admins, including > myself, disable that. That means when your connected to the VPN server at > work you can not access the public internet except through the VPN tunnel > and office VPN server/network. This also affects access to your local LAN. > Once you disconnect the VPN link you can access the internet and local LAN. > Its a security issue. Read more about it here... > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1003.mspx#EQCAC > > This can be configured either on the server side, like I do with OpenVPN, or > the client side like the MS PPTP VPN client. Talk to your work admins about > this and see what their policy is... > > -- > Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) > > Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the > mutual benefit of all of us... > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > rights... > > > "argee" <r***@niagarapiston.com> wrote in message > news:1155037993.489341.235690@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > Hi all, > > > > I have a wireless router to which my home computer is wired, and my > > work laptop connects through wifi. I've shared my printer through the > > network and all seems well. I can print from both comps. When I use > > the laptop to connect through my VPN, I can no longer print to my home > > printers. Once I disconnect from the VPN, the printers are once again > > available. > > > > I'm hoping here is a simple fix/work around!! > > > > Thanks. > > I have successfully used the IPX protocol to get around this problem
for years. Currently I use the HP Network print wizard ver 3.06 to set up an IPX port after I enable IPX protocol on the PC. The VPN only tunnels IP and does not effect IPX. As a result you can print to your local network printer using IPX. The only catch is that the latest version of teh HP wizard no longer supports IPX so I have made sure I keep a copy of the older 3.06 version. If you can find version 3.06 somewhere this will solve your problem for sure. argee wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Thanks Al!! > > I'll talk to our Net Admin. > > > Sooner Al [MVP] wrote: > > Its called spit tunneling and some corporate and SoHo admins, including > > myself, disable that. That means when your connected to the VPN server at > > work you can not access the public internet except through the VPN tunnel > > and office VPN server/network. This also affects access to your local LAN. > > Once you disconnect the VPN link you can access the internet and local LAN. > > Its a security issue. Read more about it here... > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1003.mspx#EQCAC > > > > This can be configured either on the server side, like I do with OpenVPN, or > > the client side like the MS PPTP VPN client. Talk to your work admins about > > this and see what their policy is... > > > > -- > > Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) > > > > Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the > > mutual benefit of all of us... > > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > > rights... > > > > > > "argee" <r***@niagarapiston.com> wrote in message > > news:1155037993.489341.235690@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have a wireless router to which my home computer is wired, and my > > > work laptop connects through wifi. I've shared my printer through the > > > network and all seems well. I can print from both comps. When I use > > > the laptop to connect through my VPN, I can no longer print to my home > > > printers. Once I disconnect from the VPN, the printers are once again > > > available. > > > > > > I'm hoping here is a simple fix/work around!! > > > > > > Thanks. > > > I have successfully used the IPX protocol to get around this problem
for years. Currently I use the HP Network print wizard ver 3.06 to set up an IPX port after I enable IPX protocol on the PC. The VPN only tunnels IP and does not effect IPX. As a result you can print to your local network printer using IPX. The only catch is that the latest version of teh HP wizard no longer supports IPX so I have made sure I keep a copy of the older 3.06 version. If you can find version 3.06 somewhere this will solve your problem for sure. argee wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Thanks Al!! > > I'll talk to our Net Admin. > > > Sooner Al [MVP] wrote: > > Its called spit tunneling and some corporate and SoHo admins, including > > myself, disable that. That means when your connected to the VPN server at > > work you can not access the public internet except through the VPN tunnel > > and office VPN server/network. This also affects access to your local LAN. > > Once you disconnect the VPN link you can access the internet and local LAN. > > Its a security issue. Read more about it here... > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1003.mspx#EQCAC > > > > This can be configured either on the server side, like I do with OpenVPN, or > > the client side like the MS PPTP VPN client. Talk to your work admins about > > this and see what their policy is... > > > > -- > > Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) > > > > Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the > > mutual benefit of all of us... > > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > > rights... > > > > > > "argee" <r***@niagarapiston.com> wrote in message > > news:1155037993.489341.235690@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have a wireless router to which my home computer is wired, and my > > > work laptop connects through wifi. I've shared my printer through the > > > network and all seems well. I can print from both comps. When I use > > > the laptop to connect through my VPN, I can no longer print to my home > > > printers. Once I disconnect from the VPN, the printers are once again > > > available. > > > > > > I'm hoping here is a simple fix/work around!! > > > > > > Thanks. > > > 
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