VPN is the acronym for Virtual Private Network - a network type that uses a the Internet to provide remote networks or single machines with secure access to their organization's network avoiding expensive leased lines.
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How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)?
I want to use a Windows VPN but only for a particular network, so that it doesn't take over my entire network connection.
e.g., Instead of the VPN becoming the default route, make it only the route ...
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Windows 7 VPN how to not tunnel internet?
I just put windows 7 on my work laptop and im setting it all up like it used to be. But i cant remember what option i changed to stop my internet traffic being tunneled over the VPN connection. I only ...
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How to use one connection to the Internet for VPN and another for accessing other websites?
I have two network cards. If I connect to a network using VPN then to access other websites I have to pass through a proxy server.
Is it possible to use my other network card to connect to the ...
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How To Use Local Internet Connection To Access Internet While Still Connected with VPN [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)?
I need to connect to VPN for work purposes, but I want to be able to use my own internet ...
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Best method of transferring files over internet?
I have a seedbox (running Ubuntu 9.10) at my (parent's) house and will be leaving it there once I go to college this fall. Currently I'm using samba to transfer files between computers, but I was ...
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2 Internet connections with VPN
I am connecting to a VPN through my home computer but when I am connected to the VPN I can no longer access the internet on my personal PC. I need to then remote desktop into my PC at work to get ...
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Bypass VPN for certain apps
I connect to my company VPN for email, intranet, fileshare etc, but when I'm working I also like to listen to Spotify which is blocked through the company network, so I have to disconnect to the VPN ...
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VPN: Does all traffic get routed through the VPN when I am logged in?
If I log into a slow VPN with only a 15k/s connection, when I try to go to kernel.org or some other site to download something, is everything getting routed through that other network? (so my max ...
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Free VPN to use when on public WIFI? [closed]
I am wondering is there any VPN's that are free that can be used in a public WIFI situation.
I am looking for every little bit to help protect me when I am on unsecure WIFI connections.
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How to safeguard PPTP connection - Windows 7?
There is a computer connecting to a VPN. The network should remain offline, if the machine can't reconnect to the VPN. It should not ever use the normal connection. Only the VPN one.
Is there a way ...
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What is VPN actually used for?
I've never really understood why VPNs are used. I know it stands for Virtual Private Network, but in simple terms how does it work and what is it used for?
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Create shortcut to dial VPN connection in Windows 8
It was easy to create a shortcut that automatically dials a VPN connection in Windows 7 (e.g., see these answers). But if I create that shortcut in Windows 8, double-clicking it opens the Networks ...
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Recommendations for VPN client software for Windows 7?
In my scenario the built-in Windows 7 VPN system isn't able to connect using L2TP.
So I would like to find out what people's recommendations are for third-party VPN client software that in ...
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How to selectively route network traffic through VPN on Mac OS X Leopard?
I don't want to send all my network traffic down to VPN when I'm connected to my company's network (via VPN) from home. For example, when I'm working from home, I would like to be able to backup my ...
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How to set up simple VPN for secure Internet connections over unencrypted Wi-Fi?
I recently moved into an apartment where the complex provides free unencrypted Wi-Fi. The speed is good for my purposes, but I'm not 100% comfortable with all my traffic being sent in the clear, given ...
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Accept incoming L2TP connections on Windows 7
Windows 2003 can be configured as a VPN server that uses L2TP with a preshared key.
Windows 7 can be configured to accept incoming VPN connections, presumably using PPTP.
Is there a way to configure ...
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Cisco VPN stops Windows 7 Browsing
My browsing and other 'internet' activity (dropbox,digsby etc) halts when I connect to a VPN session using Cisco Systems VPN client Version 5.0.04.0300 on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit on my Dell XPS ...
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Why does connecting to my work VPN cause my internet to not work?
I VPN to my work, and then I terminal server into my computer.
Everything works fine in relation to the VPN access, but locally I can't access the internet.
How can I fix this?
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Rerouting local LAN and Internet traffic when in VPN
I'm connecting to a VPN which doesn't allow split tunneling and basically reroutes my Internet traffic through, which is slow. Additionally and more importantly, this also effectively removes my ...
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How to switch internet connection between regular and VPN
I am connected to the Internet through a wireless router. If I visit http://whatismyipaddress.com, I see my correct IP address.
I have now added a VPN connection, and when I connect to that my ...
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Stop Windows 7 from clobbering one VPN when connecting to a second?
I currently connect to my network drives at work using a VPN.
I run Windows 7, updated weekly-ish.
(Updates often interrupt me, so I don't have them automatic anymore.
I don't suspect this is related, ...
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OS X 10.7, can't log into any L2TP VPN server
I was running 10.6.8 and couldn't login to any L2TP VPN server (tried 2 completely different ones) using the built-in VPN client. Upgraded to 10.7.2, the same issue. It doesn't seem that the machine ...
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Making a process use a VPN adapter instead of the default adapter to reach the internet
So, in case you're connected to a VPN, how do you make a particular process (say, a browser or an instant messanger) "proxy" through the VPN instead of going directly through the default network ...
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Connecting to remote Windows PC using Remote Desktop from home over VPN
I am trying to connect to a Remote Windows PC (Windows 7 32 bit OS) over VPN from my home laptop (Vista 32 bit). At the remote PC I have enabled below settings which I thought would allow me to ...
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Using a Mac as a wireless router, and run all wireless traffic through a proxy/VPN?
I am looking to use a Mac (Snow Leopard) as a wireless router, so I can wirelessly connect my laptop (Windows XP) and Android 2.1 (rooted) phone. However, I would like all of my wireless traffic to be ...
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Multiple User VPN
I am looking for a cheap or free solution to be able to connect multiple people via VPN to a host computer. Each person should not be able to see what the others are doing while logged in. Is this ...
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iPhone VPN to iTunes Home Sharing (Windows)
My goal is to set up a VPN on a Windows machine that contains my iTunes library then connect to that VPN with my iPhone for iTunes Home Sharing (over the VPN). I have read that this can be set up if ...
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How does anonymous VPN work?
How do these anonymous VPNs work? They say you can browse the web using a different IP address than your own. How does this work?
I understand the Virtual Private Network model, I am just confused on ...
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How do I setup Ubuntu/Linux's Network manager to selectively route network traffic through the VPN?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and I just noticed that ALL of my network traffic is being routed through my VPN. I would like the VPN to route only the traffic hitting servers on the VPN and then connect ...
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How to force split tunnel routing on Mac to a Cisco VPN
Any one know how to hack the routing table (on a mac) to defeat the forcing of VPN routing for every thing over a cisco VPN? pretty much what I want to do is have only 10.121.* and 10.122.* addresses ...
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How to route internet connection through teamviewer's VPN?
I'm trying to VPN to my home computer using teamviewer.
i can connect successfully and can easily see the shared files/folders. But I also want my internet to go through this vpn connection so that I ...
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Set up a home VPN to allow web browsing from remote network
If I set up an XP-based VPN server using the following instructions (I think this is a fairly standard method):
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
Will I be able to connect ...
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OpenVPN client as SOCKS 5 server?
Are there any Windows applications that can connect to a remote OpenVPN server then act like a SOCKS 5 server in the local environment?
EDIT: which means
a local server
speaks VPN/OpenVPN ...
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VPN for a small organization
I am in charge of a small office network that has < 10 users.
I want to be able to offer them access to the network from their home internet connections. At the moment we have a regular ...
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Windows 7 VPN stops web browser
I've just installed Windows 7 RTM and setup Windows VPN to work office. It all works fine except, when the VPN is connected, regular web access stops working eg: local web browser can't connect to ...
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What is the difference between a proxy and a VPN?
There are several service providers out there that allow a user to circumvent firewalls or anonymize their web access.
Some of them use proxies, some use VPNs. Most people say that VPNs usually work ...
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How to make a local web server visible from the internet *without* setting up port forwarding on the router?
I develop websites on my (high-end) laptop, and I work from a variety of physical locations.
I would like to save the hassle of constantly synchronizing with an externally visible web server in order ...
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How to configure ShrewSoft VPN to connect to Cisco VPN Server?
What are the steps to connect to a Cisco VPN server using the ShrewSoft VPN Client?
It's important to note that there are different kinds of Cisco VPN connections:
Cisco VPN with pre-shared key ...
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Start configured VPN from command line (OSX)
I have two VPN configurations on my mac and I would like to be able to start them from the console when I ssh into my machine.
I have found the command networksetup which allows me to configure ...
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Persistent routes for DD-WRT PPTP VPN client
My home network in the USA is behind a Buffalo router (G300NH) running their version of DD-WRT. I use the built-in PPTP VPN client to connect to a VPN provider in the UK. I route certain traffic over ...
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How can I force Windows 7 to use specific network adapters per program?
I am using Hamachi VPN. I want to setup Windows 7 to use the Hamachi VPN network adapter for specific software on my system; other softwares should use the regular network adapters.
Is this possible ...
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Problem connecting to PPTP VPN in Ubuntu 9.10
I have a VPN client configured for using PPTP under Ubuntu 9.10 (the alpha version, but fully up to date). The configuration has everything enabled except for EAP (I found I had to uncheck that to ...
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VPN client's DNS takes over
I connect to work via VPN, and when I connect the VPN connection it sets the default DNS-server to be the one provided by the VPN. Which causes my normal internet to go down the toilet...
How can I ...
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Can Windows 7 Built-in VPN Replace Cisco VPN?
Is there any way that the built-in VPN interface in Windows 7 can replace the rediculous Cisco VPN software? I have tried several times using different methods and have failed. It seems if you just ...
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Stop VPN being used on internet traffic on Win 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)?
How To Use Local Internet Connection To Access Internet While Still Connected with VPN
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Why use a VPN connection? [closed]
I've been reading the news about Lulzsec and I was wondering why they use a VPN before connecting to Tor or proxy servers?
The latter 2 can be used for hiding your identity so why is the VPN used ...
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VirtualBox: VPN networking test environment
I want to setup VirtualBox instances of Ubuntu guest to make a VPN test network. The host is Windows 7 Ultimate.
My hope is to setup a VirtualBox instance which represents a gateway for the test ...
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How can I route *some* traffic over an SSH SOCKS proxy on OS X?
I have a SSH SOCKS connection running for VPN purposes, and this works beautifully. By using either FoxyProxy for Firefox, or a .pac file for OS X's Automatic Proxy Configuration option, web traffic ...
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Is it possible to route only a specific application through a VPN?
I've recently purchased a VPN from vpntunnel.se and was wondering if it was possible to use it for specific applications (Firefox, xchat etc)
Also i'm having a little trouble setting up the the VPN ...
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Copy a large file over an unreliable link
This isn't really a question about programming, but it is a question about working as a programmer. I hope this is an appropriate forum for this question.
I work from home. My Windows XP based ...
