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What this does is enable a feature commonly known as Split Tunneling. This allows normal internet traffic, such as browsing the web or listening to a music/radio stream from your favorite station, to continue to use your internet connection, rather than the connection of the VPN. A note of caution though: Some IT departments do not want you to enable split tunneling, as it can decrease the security of the VPN to a certain degree, but that subject is out of the scope of this article. Please check with your IT Department before enabling Split Tunneling in a company environment.

This FAQ entry assumes you will be using Microsoft's VPN Client built into Windows. These directions relate exactly to Windows XP.


  • Browse to Network Connections
  • Right click on the VPN connection and go to Properties
  • Go to the Network Tab
  • Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click on Properties.
  • Click on Advanced
  • Uncheck the box that says "Use Default Gateway on remote Network" (defaults to checked in XP)


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  • thanx, it helped me very much. when I started SBS VPN, connection speed slowed down from 5Mbit to 350 Kbit. Now its OK.

    2010-08-12 17:10:05



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last modified: 2008-05-16 19:25:27