Gordon,

Bingo!

My problem was not exactly as you described, but your solution was right on
the money. I managed to find this check mark under my VPN TCP/IP properties
and when I unchecked it - everything worked fine.

It also solved a second problem that I had - namely a second computer
(wirelessly) networked to mine via ICS also now can access the Internet when
my PPTP VPN is active.

Of all the responses I got on two forums, yours was the one that did the
trick.

Many kind thanks.

Michael

 -----Original Message-----
From:   PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]  On Behalf Of Gordon McFarland
Sent:   December 16, 2002 12:48 PM
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Subject:        Re: [PCBUILD] PPTP Based VPN and Internet Access


Then try the following

ON My Network Places (Right click go to properties)

On Dial-up Connection (Right click go to properties)

Network TAB

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ... Properties

ADVANCED

Take the check mark out of
Use default gateway on remote network

Now access to both VPN and the rest of the Internet work fine.

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