I think the problem is routing issue. Posting back with the result of
ipconfig /all when connecting to the VPN. Or this search result may help.
routing issues on vpnResolution: When establishing VPN to the office A, the
routing table changes. To fix this issue, disable the "Use default gateway
on remote network"" on the ...
www.chicagotech.net/routingissuesonvpn.htm
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"Uric" <uri.cohen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I have a software which installs a loopback adapter on the machine. I
> noticed that if I have a VPN
> connection on the machine (e.g. to connect to the Internet via ADSL),
> the VPN connection sometimes
> becomes unusable after adding the loopback adapter, and the "Connect
> to a network" dialog states
> "This connection requires an active Internet connection".
> After a restart, the VPN connection is _always_ unusable with the same
> error message.
>
> After a bit of Googling, I found these two links:
>
> http://www.crsw.com/mark/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=35
> http://iainmagee.wordpress.com/2007/...nection-error/
>
> Both claim the problem is caused by the loopback adapter appearing
> first in the binding order.
> However, changing the binding order seems to require restarting the
> machine, which I hope to avoid.
> An alternative to rebooting (which I haven't fully tested yet) is
> disabling and re-enabling all network
> adapters on the machine. This is also something I prefer to avoid, as
> this means the product cannot
> be installed over the network or by terminal services.
>
> Is there a way to get a VPN connection to work, while a loopback
> adapter is present on the machine?
> I would be happy to either get the binding order to take effect
> without a reboot (or disabling/enabling
> the adapters), or to cause the loopback to be bound last while
> installing it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Yair Kuszpet