Cisco VPN Client - No Local Lan Access

When I use the CISCO vpn client 4.6 and connect to remote networks, I look
my connection to the internet, is there some way to configure this so I can
still access the internet.

thanks
steve

Stephen E. Weber wrote:

>When I use the CISCO vpn client 4.6 and connect to remote networks, I look
>my connection to the internet, is there some way to configure this so I can
>still access the internet.

AFAIR it's just a matter of the default route and it should work when you
manually fix the routing table. Make the network behind the tunnel
reachable through the VPN and set the default route back to your Internet
router.

Regards

fw

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:08:50 -0500, Stephen E. Weber wrote:

> When I use the CISCO vpn client 4.6 and connect to remote networks, I look
> my connection to the internet, is there some way to configure this so I can
> still access the internet.
>
> thanks
> steve
At least on the Nortel Contivity VPN switches, it is all set on the server
that you connect to. It is known as Split-Tunneling. ie: You can access
your companies lan, while also accessing the internet. If their server is
setup to make your default route down the tunnel to their network, you
can't access the internet. The only other way you could access the
internet would be to access it via the site you are VPN'd into.

ie: Computer Wants to go to google --> Packets go down the Tunnel to the
Remote Office --> Remote office sends packets out to the internet -->
Packets return to the remote office, --> Packets go back down the tunnel
to your PC.

There are multiple potential security risks by allowing this. But it just
depends on your particular situation.

So in short, no, I don't think there is anything you can do on the client
side to be able to access the internet.

--
Clint Young