Hi,
I've asked this here already, but I probably didn't phrase it very well.
I've got a Cisco 837, which I have configured as a VPN server (pptp). The router is 192.168.1.1/24.
My VPN address pool is 172.16.1.1 to 172.16.1.5.
When I establish a VPN connection to my server using a bog-standard Windows PPTP connection, I have two scenarios:
1) If I have the box "use default gateway on remote network" ticked then I can access my VPN resources (e.g. 192.168.1.150, 12.168.1.201), but I can't resolve any DNS.
2) If I have the box "use default gateway on remote network" unticked then I can resolve DNS, but I can't access my VPN resources (e.g.
192.168.1.150, 12.168.1.201) unless I do a "ROUTE ADD 192.168.1.1 MASK
255.255.255.0 172.16.1.1".
With my old DrayTek I used to be in scenario 2, e.g. have the box unticked, but I could quite happily surf the web AND access VPN resources, without requiring the ROUTE ADD command.
Can anyone suggest what I need to configure on my VPN? Having googled for three days, the concept of LOOPBACK keeps occurring, as does Split DNS, but I'm sure it must be something very simple that's required.
Or is there some way of adding some kind of alias on the router, such that instead of trying toa ccess my VPN resources via 192.168.1.x I access them via 172.16.x.x and the addresses get translated? I'm clutching at straws here in desperation!
Many thanks,
Jim
PS Happy to make a PayPal donation to anyone who can help me achieve the solution!!!