VPN and allow other network connections

[Guest]

Is there a way to allow other network connections (ie:internet and other non
vpn clients) and still have VPN running?

 

[Guest]

Also I only have one NIC installed and it running through a DLINK router with
other computer on the network. When VPN is running I'm unable to connect to
that server. Is there a way to connect to the internet and allow for non vpn
clients?

 

[Bill Grant]

The VPN setup wizard may have installed packet filters on your NIC to
block non-VPN traffic. Check from the RRAS console.

 

[Guest]

Searching for packet filters on the support site and found this MSKB:310111
and it says go to IP routing - General - and right-click the external
interface. I don't have an external interface, all I have is Loopback, Local
Area Connection, and Internal. Now how to add an external interface?

 

[Bill Grant]

The Local Area Connection (the NIC) is the one to look at.

If a RRAS server is directly connected to the Internet, the public NIC
is referred to as the external interface and the private one as the internal
interface. This can be confusing, because the "virtual" interface which
remote clients use is also referred to as the internal interface (that is
the one you see as internal in the RRAS console).

Since you are behind a router, you do not have an external (public)
interface. The router does that job for you. The setup wizard sometimes gets
confused and sets up filters on the NIC, blocking non-VPN traffic.