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I have applications running which need to access a URL through the VPN - NOT through the general internet.
I want to be able to specify that all traffic MUST flow through the VPN, but I don't know how to configure this in Windows 8.
Note: I am using a Checkpoint VPN client which does not seem to display as a Virtual Network Adapter in Windows Network Connections (as it used to in XP).
I've tried "route add [desiredip] [vpnip]" but that doesn't make any difference.
Craig Johnstone
Posted 2014-05-22T06:25:13.367
Reputation: 35
This is possibly a duplicate: http://superuser.com/a/456326/167187
– Vinayak – 2014-05-22T06:59:30.453@Vinayak, thanks for that link, but those instructions assume that the VPN is visible as a network adaptor within the Network Connections GUI. In my case, using the Checkpoint VPN application, it is not.
Ideally, I can do the same, but through the commmand line? – Craig Johnstone – 2014-05-22T07:14:42.523
Are you saying you can't see something like this in Network and Sharing Center after you connect to the VPN?
– Vinayak – 2014-05-22T07:53:33.783I'm very intrigued as to why the route didn't work as that sounds correct to me. If you add the route and run a tracert to the IP what route do you get? – CharlesH – 2014-05-22T13:45:05.030
@Vinayak - yes, that is correct. I am using the http://www.checkpoint.com client (E80.42) which does not display as a virtual adaptor like your screenshot.
– Craig Johnstone – 2014-05-23T12:56:51.487@CharlesH I will try a tracert and get back to you. – Craig Johnstone – 2014-05-23T12:57:27.830
@CraigJohnstone I have never used Check Point VPN, so I downloaded the E80.42 client from here and while installing it, I saw this. I also noticed that it installs a network driver and that the virtual network adapter is shown in Device Manager (with "show hidden devices" enabled)
– Vinayak – 2014-05-24T15:33:17.107so I think you may have configured your VPN incorrectly. Have you checked your public IP address before and after connecting to the VPN?. If you have set it up correctly, you should have a different IP after you've connected to the VPN.
– Vinayak – 2014-05-24T15:37:17.003Once you have your VPN working correctly, the easy way to get Windows to use the VPN network as the default is to assign a low connection metric to the VPN's virtual network adapter (e.g. 1). Make sure the connection metric for your regular network adapter (i.e. your Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection you use to access the Internet) is set to a value higher than that of the VPN's network adapter (e.g. 10). You'll have to disable "automatic metric" to set the metric values manually. More info on that here and here
– Vinayak – 2014-05-24T16:02:55.870