Allow simultaneous PPTP VPN connection and general Internet connectivity

[davis.157]

Say you have two Windows XP Pro systems on the Internet. On one, you
define an "Incoming Connections" connection to provide for PPTP VPN
access. The TCP/IP protocol is configured to use addresses provided by
a DHCP server, but there's no DHCP server to handle the request, so
the server side of your VPN gets link local addresses. You don't
really care about this, since you only want to access the PC on which
the VPN "server" is running. (The VPN is configured not to allow
access to the "server's" network.)

When you access the VPN "server" from the other system, how do you
establish access to the VPN without tearing down general Internet
access? I have found that when I establish the VPN connection, I am
suddenly cut off from all other Internet resources.

Thanks

 

[davis.157]

Say you have two Windows XP Pro systems on the Internet. On one, you
define an "Incoming Connections" connection to provide for PPTP VPN
access. The TCP/IP protocol is configured to use addresses provided by
a DHCP server, but there's no DHCP server to handle the request, so
the server side of your VPN gets link local addresses. You don't
really care about this, since you only want to access the PC on which
the VPN "server" is running. (The VPN is configured not to allow
access to the "server's" network.)

When you access the VPN "server" from the other system, how do you
establish access to the VPN without tearing down general Internet
access? I have found that when I establish the VPN connection, I am
suddenly cut off from all other Internet resources.

Thanks

I found the answer in the follow-up in this thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...fa205/4d92f1546eb55eea?hl=en#4d92f1546eb55eea

Cheers