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We have an office network on the 192.168.2.x subnet.

I am connecting in to this from my home mac via VPN. However, as soon as I connect, the internet connection at WORK goes very slow.

My home network is on 192.168.1.x so shouldn't be a conflict here?

My mac routing table before VPN:

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            192.168.1.1        UGSc           29        0     en1
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              8   174912     lo0
169.254            link#6             UCS             0        0     en1
192.168.1          link#6             UCS             2        0     en1
192.168.1.1        94:44:52:d5:a4:7a  UHLWI          30      756     en1   1141
192.168.1.6        127.0.0.1          UHS             0        0     lo0
192.168.1.255      link#6             UHLWbI          2      347     en1

During VPN session:

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            192.168.2.165      UGSc            5        0    ppp0
default            192.168.1.1        UGScI          13        0     en1
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              8   175368     lo0
169.254            link#6             UCS             0        0     en1
188.39.51.101      192.168.1.1        UGHS           55       55     en1
192.168.1          link#6             UCS             2        0     en1
192.168.1.1        94:44:52:d5:a4:7a  UHLWI          15      758     en1   1084
192.168.1.6        127.0.0.1          UHS             0        0     lo0
192.168.1.255      link#6             UHLWbI          1      350     en1
192.168.2          ppp0               USc             1        0    ppp0
192.168.2.165      192.168.2.160      UH              6        0    ppp0
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What kind of link does the office have, ADSL or fiber? Is this the same for everyone connecting via VPN or just you? Do other machines or operating systems cause the same problem? – Mokubai Feb 5 at 10:58
The office has a fibre connection so plenty of bandwidth. I am the only VPN user but can connect to other VPNs without an issue. It's almost as though the office traffic is being routed over my home connection – Ben Sebborn Feb 8 at 18:01
What's the output of traceroute -n google.com from a machine on the office network while you're connected to the VPN? What VPN software are you using, and what device is the VPN server at the office? What's the system load on the office router and VPN server while you're connected? – mgorven Apr 27 at 17:03
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