Tweak VPN so browser doesn't use it - is this possible

[stytagm]

Hi Guys,

When I work from home I connect to work via a VPN and then RDP to connect to my work box and various development servers. Because I'm doing web-development, I also have my browser on my local box open all the time.

The problem is that all the traffic from my local browser is routed through the work VPN, which makes it quite a bit slower than normal. IS there a way of setting Firefox (or my local box) to use my normal connection for web traffic (just on port 80 perhaps)?

Everything on google I've found is a guide for corporate execs to connect to a VPN in the first place, I can't find any more detail.

I'm on Win XP pro, and the VPN has all the default settings as far as I know, and is getting IP and DNS settings automatically (DHCP?).

Thanks - Andrew.

[Jay]

yes open the VPN, go to properties -- networking -- Internet proticol -- advanced and untick the "use default gateway on remote network." Restart your connection and it will use your default gateway and not the VPN.

[stytagm]

Jay, you're a genius. That worked like a charm.

Many thanks - Andrew.

[Jay]

No problem mate.