Re: OT Windows Home Server

["paul_watkin" <paul.watkin33@xxxxxxxxx>]

after some initial entertainment getting the home server setup (had
to use the recovery CD on it) it is now working and backing up the
home pc and my laptop automatically now I just need to get it to talk
to my router!!!

Cheers for the info

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Steve Morgan" <smorgo@...> wrote:
>
> That seems to tie up with what's happening here.
>
> If I do run "Route Print", the default route is still via my
local
gateway.
> There are a number of routes defined. About 50 are on the company
network
> and go via the virtual adapter. The rest go via the physical
adapter.
>
> Interestin' stuff.
>
> Steve Morgan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> dermot_bradley
> Sent: 14 November 2008 14:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OT Windows Home Server
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Bendall" <paul@> wrote:
> >
> > When you authenticate with a VPN client it will change the
routing
> > table (which you can view before and after with "route
print" at
> > the command-line). The default route then becomes a virtual NIC
> > controlled via the VPN. Some times it is possible to add a static
> > route for your internal network. But again most coprporate VPN
> > clients would drop the VPN if the routing table changed.
>
> This is (AFAIK) not a feature of the VPN client but rather an issue
of
> how the VPN server that the other end is configured.
>
> In a previous job I had to do a lot of remote access to various
> customer systems using VPN clients such as Ciscos. Some customers'
VPN
> servers announced just a default route when you connected which
meant
> that all traffic was sent to them, other customers' VPN servers only
> announced routes for the IP address ranges that their network used
as
> so the existing default route on the local PC remained as it (which
> was useful when needing to access both a customer site and also my
own
> companies servers at the same time).
>



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