PPTP Issue - Routing defaults to all traffic via vpn?

[Mark Greenwood]

On Saturday 10 Apr 2010 23:09:46 Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:29:44 pm Mr Gabriel wrote:
> > When I fire up a pptp connection, it connects just fine, but then routes
> > all traffic via the vpn, instead of only traffic for the remote network. I
> > can manually edit the routes, to correct the situation, but is this the
> > default behavior?
> 
> 
> I've seen this behaviour on window too. Bit embarrassing when I had a torrent 
> download running.
> 
This can also depend on the configuration of the VPN server you are connecting to. Some permit traffic to be split like you describe, others simply route all traffic through the VPN. The latter case is frequently used by the kind of snide, untrustworthy companies who want to know what their employees are up to when they're not in the office. Like the one I work for... :(

Mark