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Is it possible to have only outlook use a VPN connection? Rest of internet traffic flowing through normal gateway?
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Is it possible to have only outlook use a VPN connection? Rest of internet traffic flowing through normal gateway?
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What you're asking for is called "split tunneling", and means having two open network connections at the same time. This is considered to be a major security risk, since one unsecured network can then let the hacker through to the other network. This is why some VPN servers do not allow it, but if this is your case you can still get around it by using the VPN in a virtual machine (so the VM is blocked, and not you).
In most cases, for the VPN to allow split tunneling, you should do the following under XP:
This means that all of your traffic (HTML etc.) will no longer be going automatically through the VPN network. But you can still refer to IP addresses on the VPN network, for example the Outlook mail server (and can modify your hosts file to refer to it by name).
After this, you might still need to set up a routing table. See this article for instructions.
That's a really good answer... Can you tell me then, if I have this unchecked. Can I safety browse sites without the VPN connection being aware of it... for example... If I am at home connected to Work VPN - with Use Default Gateway unchecked... And I log onto a youtube site (for example) will work be aware of this? – JL. – 2009-09-08T14:12:07.667
In principle, with this unchecked, normal traffic will keep on going thru your normal network connection. You will only be able to access sites in the VPN by their IP addresses. As I said, you might need to do some routing table setup. A lot depends on your local setup and the O/S in question, so you'll just have to try one thing after another. – harrymc – 2009-09-08T15:04:14.007