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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: mophilly on December 19, 2007, 04:47:25 PM
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I have SME 7.2 running in gateway/server mode. It has VPN enabled for several users outside the LAN. This is working great.
One user *inside* the LAN needs to connect to a customer's remote network via the customer supplied VPN Client from Juniper Networks. When this user is connected to the remote customer network, he does not have access to internal LAN resources. More important, other users inside the LAN complain they lose connection to the LAN while he is connected.
I would like to allow the first user to connect to external network with access to internal resources, and to have the other users continue without interruption. This a new type of issue for me and I need to expand my understanding of this type of network issue.
Links to info, suggestions and advice warmly accepted.
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I would like to allow the first user to connect to external network with access to internal resources
This is usually an administratively configurable option in the VPN client itself. Many proprietary VPN clients (Cisco, Sonicwall, Nortel Contivity) intentionally disable all access to the local network when the VPN is running in order to minimize the chance that a remote virus or other problem can affect the main network. Look in the Juniper VPN client for any option that mentions either "default gateway" or "local network", and see what you can find. If there is such an option, it's possible that the customer's IT department would have to change the setting for you...
and to have the other users continue without interruption.
This is a little odd. I've never seen a VPN client that would interfere with other users on the local network...
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Thank you for the reply. I will check the VPN client preferences.
I agree the latter issue is odd. I am open to the idea that two are not related but rather coincidental, and so I am keeping an eye on this.