Is there a way to stop relaying network traffic through VPN?

I have been experimenting with VPN lately, and I managed to get it running on W7 PC. The problem is, though, that as soon as someone connects to my PC, the internet traffic from their PC is routed through my PC, or so it seems.

Is there a way to leave the VPN (ability to connect to my internal network), while not routing all internet traffic through it?

Solution 1:

I assume you're using the "New Incoming Connection..." feature, which enables a PPTP server on the Windows PC.

The problem you're having sounds like a routing issue. The client is routing all traffic through your VPN server, but you only want to route traffic that is destined for your local LAN. Since this configuration is not defined by the PPTP server, this is always a client-side configuration issue.

On your VPN client, you will need to disable "Use default gateway on remote network".

1. Open Network Connections
2. Get Properties on the VPN connection you set up
3. Under the Networking tab, get Properties on IPv4
4. Click Advanced...
5. Turn off "Use default gateway on remote network"