sbest at best
Oct 17, 2005, 2:57 PM
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RE: Question abt VNC to a computer on VPN
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Sathish:
Heya. As John suggests, I think what you're seeing is the way
it's supposed to work. If PC-A and PC-B are on the same home network,
but PC-A is "VPN'd" to a remote site, you will very likely *not* be
able to make a VNC connection from PC-B to PC-A.
As the name implies, when you "VPN" a PC from one network to
a remote site, it "virtually" leaves the first LAN, and becomes a
member of the remote LAN. That's a feature. :) To remain a member of
*both* networks requires activation of something called "split-mode
tuneling", which few VPN setups support because:
"Split-mode clients, however, can become unsecured gateways and can
introduce rogue traffic into the VPN."
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/40578/40578.html
You should ask your IT guys who run the VPN server to see
if you can use a VPN client that support split-mode tuneling. Hope
that helps!
-Scott
> I will be watching this thread closely, as my understanding of VPN is that
> this is how it's *supposed* to work, but it doesn't work that way for me....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin [at] realvnc [mailto:vnc-list-admin [at] realvnc]On
> Behalf Of Sathish Sankaran
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:16 PM
> To: vnc-list [at] realvnc
> Subject: Question abt VNC to a computer on VPN
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> I'm trying to connect via VNC to another home computer, which is VPN-ed to
> office network. I have the VNC working when the home computer is not
> connected via VPN, however I can't VNC in if it is connected to VPN.
>
> I tried playing with the firewall options on the home computer - even
> completely turning it off, but no luck.
>
> Any pointers?!
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