MS VPN blocks access to local workgroup

I work from home where I have several computers in a WinXP Workgroup.
Before I start my VPN to connect to my home office for Exchange
connectivity (WinServer 2003), I can access all of the computers and
drives on my home workgroup with no problems. However when I start my
VPN to check email, I can no longer connect to my local network. Does
any one have a solution for this? Thanks in advance.

That is the way it is meant to be. It is designed that way to protect the
network you are connecting to from the network you are sitting in.

You can over-ride that by finding the option within the config of your
Dialup Connection referring to "use gateway on remote network". Normally
that is enabled,...you will have to disable it. However this limits your
access on the remote network to only the one subnet that you "dialed into".
VPN is a "dialup" technology and works by the same rules as the old mdoem
dialup stuff.

The intended way to use Remote Access VPN is not to leave it up all the
time, but to only connect,..do what you need,..then disconnect,...then
connect again later if you need to. It is the Site-to-Site VPN that is
design to stay "up" all the time, but that isn't what you are doing,..you
are doing Remote Access VPN and the two are completely different things
designed for different purposes.


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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
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Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
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Troubleshooting Client Authentication on Access Rules in ISA Server 2004
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Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
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Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
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> I work from home where I have several computers in a WinXP Workgroup.
> Before I start my VPN to connect to my home office for Exchange
> connectivity (WinServer 2003), I can access all of the computers and
> drives on my home workgroup with no problems. However when I start my
> VPN to check email, I can no longer connect to my local network. Does
> any one have a solution for this? Thanks in advance.
>