Have you ever been connected to a VPN, then realise you need to download something, so you have to disconnect the VPN to get your local network’s fast download speed? Well you don’t actually have to...
I use the Windows VPN client a lot to connect to a lot of my remote clients, and as long as the portion of their network that I need to connect to doesn’t run over multiple subnets, I don’t need to use the default gateway of the remote network. This means you can be connected to the VPN and still use the internet using your local connection. It’s a lot faster than over the VPN I promise :-)
The option you need to change is nicely hidden away, so I understand why this is not a well-known feature:
- Right Click on the VPN connection
- Click Properties
- Select the Networking Tab
- Click TCP/IP v4
- Click Properties
- Click Advanced
- Untick Use default gateway on remote network
