Topic: How do I use VPN for Mail but not for web browsing?

[Howard Bloom]

The VPN is slow.  That's fine for Outlook to pop the email from my e-smith, but like a black hole, once I'm connected via a VPN all traffic goes through the VPN.  I I would like to redirect Http if at all possible.  This is more of a Windows XP and Windows question, but if there is a configurable PPTP client out there that will let me do this, I'd like to know what it is.

Thanks,

[Terry]

Umm, Windows allows this.  Not sure about XP, but in 2000 Pro, uncheck "Use default gateway on remote network" in the Advanced options on the TCP/IP properties of the VPN connection.  Look for it in XP, it's there in 2K.

[Howard Bloom]

It's the same, and I was aware of it, but to tell it not to use the default gateway - what isn't going to use the default gateway?  Browsing IP?  Mail?

I'm going to try it right now and let you know if it works.

I would have thought that turning off the default gateway would screw up tcp/ip - but you were right.  

Problem solved.

Thanks, and it was right under my nose.

[Guck Puppy]

Howard Bloom wrote:
>
> It's the same, and I was aware of it, but to tell it not to
> use the default gateway - what isn't going to use the default
> gateway?  Browsing IP?  Mail?

traffic which is supposed to go over the VPN link will - so, traffic to the LAN. (e.g. 192.168.x.x)

traffic which is not supposed to go over the VPN, won't.