Hi,
Let me explain the problem I have and the setup I am trying to use,
I have a wireless adsl router with firewall which also has a print
server in built. I have a laptop connected to it via wireless. All
works fine until I activate Cisco secure VPN Client software on the
laptop. I can then not print. The ip of the laptop and adsl box is
192.168.x.x, when the vpn is activated on the laptop it is assigned
87.1.x.x and then I cannot ping the adsl box and hence cannot print.

Can anyone provide a solution as how to print wirelessly to the
printer when the VPN is active? Any way of allowing LAN 192.168.x.x
traffic? For info, the VPN I am connecting to is configured on a PIX
rather than a concentrator and I have tried using the most up to date
Cisco secure VPN and ticking the allow LAN box.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks.

happymongoose@hotmail.com (Andy) wrote in message news:<4bac0c4.0408180744.17b6df40@posting.google.c om>...
It sounds as though it could possibly be due to split tunneling not
being enabled. If split tunneling isn't enabled in the PIX config,
everything from the laptop will try and use the VPN, which could be
causing your printing problems. The only thing is of course, that
split tunneling is something of a security risk and many network
administrators won't allow it in the first place.

Pete

Hi Andy,

The way to get round this is to modify your PC's routing table. You will
find that when you activate the VPN it re-writes all routes out towards the
VPN interface. You will probably find your route (192.168) has two entries
both with different metrics. The VPN one being preferred.

What I do is run a little DOS batch file just to delete the wanted route
from the table and re-insert it to the original interface. Voila, you should
be able to print again.
You obviously will need to run it every time you launch the VPN as it will
overwrite it.
This saves having to setup split tunneling.

Good luck
Bob