I'm currently trying out the 30 days trial version of Astaro Secure Client.

The VPN connection works fine, I can connect to the intranet on another site without problems. By the way I like the way that system administrator just handed out a .p12 and .ini file and installation takes only a few seconds. Thumbs up for that approach!

However, now my local network doesn't work like before. I was hoping that disconnecting the VPN would bring the setup back to the original but that isn't the case. Below are my observations, please comment:

Ethernet card IP is 192.168.1.26 net mask 255.255.255.0
VPN IP was set to 192.168.1.88 net mask 255.255.255.0

I can access the gateway (ADSL router) 192.168.1.1 based on the fact that I can browse the Internet.

I can't access hosts on local net such as network printer and other PC on net.

I can't ping anything on local net, including gateway (192.168.1.0)

From another PC on the local net I cannot access a share on 192.168.1.26 - and also not on 192.168.1.88.

Routes with VPN connection connected and disconnected are listed below. It seems the 192.168.1.26 is disabled - metric above 16 is apparently too long a path?

Am I doing something wrong? Or is this a bug in ASC?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Thanks,
Michael

VPN connection : Connected.

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Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x3 ...02 00 52 9c 16 cc ...... ASTARO Secure Client Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x20002 ...00 90 27 59 94 37 ...... Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
================================================== =========================
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.26 20
xx.yy.zz.gw 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.26 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 20
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
192.168.1.26 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.1.88 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 20
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.1 192.168.1.88 2
192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.89 192.168.1.88 1
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
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Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
xx.yy.zz.gw 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1 1



VPN connection: Disconnected:

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Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x3 ...02 00 52 9c 16 cc ...... ASTARO Secure Client Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x20002 ...00 90 27 59 94 37 ...... Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
================================================== =========================
================================================== =========================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.26 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 20
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
192.168.1.26 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.1.88 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 20
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.1 192.168.1.88 1
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.26 192.168.1.26 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
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Persistent Routes:
None

I want to say that since both are on the same subnet that your local subnet will be disabled while connected to VPN because the VPN client will take over the routing in this case.

We've done a few of these, and we try to make sure that the VPN address is set to some subnet that most likely won't be in use anywhere else.

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Jon Johnston
Creative Business Solutions
Astaro Preferred Partner
Website:http://www.cbsol.com

That helped! Thanks!

Isn't the installation wrong by default? It seems the IP settings are fetched from a DHCP server and thus data are from an existing network?

Michael