From: simon@not-here.com   
      
   Martin Bodenstedt wrote:   
   > Bob schrieb:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:35:47 +0200, Martin Bodenstedt   
   >>  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>> Where did you get this bizarre notion that "Normally when VPN is up,   
   >>>> all other internet connectivity is down. That's by design."   
   >   
   >   
   >>> You use your VPN connection to access a remote network.   
   >   
   >   
   >>> If you have - at the same time - an open internet connection you open   
   >>> that remote computer to the internet (not easily, agreed, but possibly).   
   >   
   >   
   >> The remote computer is already connected to the Internet, otherwise I   
   >> could not connect to it.   
   >   
   >   
   > You are missing the point:   
   >   
   > The remote computer certainly is connected to the internet using *its   
   > own* security access policy.   
   >   
   >> Anyway, the MS PPTP VPN connection allows you to choose where your   
   >> Internet access is - on your machine or on the remote machine.   
   >> Obviously you would choose to have your Internet connection on your   
   >> machine since you use the Internet connection on your machine to   
   >> establish the VPN connection to the remote machine.   
   >   
   >   
   > Off course you open the vpn connection through the internet. But once   
   > the vpn connection is open you should not be able to bypass the vpn   
   > connection. You should *only* be able to access the remote machine (and   
   > maybe the internet through that remote machine depending on that   
   > machine's security policy). Otherwise you open the remot to the internet   
   > using *your* internet connection and notthe *remote* computer's...   
   >   
   >   
   True, it's good security to do this, however with the windows client   
   it's easy to bypass this.   
   Anyway nobody answered the original question, my suggestion would be to   
   look at the rasdial command (cmd prompt) you can launch vpn connections   
   from there so perphaps a batch file in the startup folder would do it.   
   I'm sure there's a much more elegant way though :)   
   Simon   
      
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