Remote Desktop Issue Telkom DSL & Vodacom 3G

[Jay2345]

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of an issue with Remote Desktop'ing into my work pc.

Using Cisco VPN and MS Remote Desktop, via my Vodacom Huawei USB HSDPA modem I connect just fine and have been for several months.

I've now decided to move over to Telkom's 4mb offer and have just today got my Mega 105WR wireless router up and running...all's good, pretty quick internet etc.

Next thing though is to connect to my work pc. via my Telkom connection, I'm able to connect to the Cisco VPN connection (onto my company network), but then when I open Remote Desktop and try to connect to my pc, I get a timeout.

So, I did a little experiment and disconnected from VPN plugged my Vodacom modem in (while still connected to Telkom) and was able to connect all the way through - no problem!???!!!

I've no idea, anyone of you out there have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[bekdik]

I think this is due to dns conflicts caused by dhcp, try making local connection manuall.

 

[guest2013-1]

or check that you're allowed with that specific IP range to connect to your company's VPN. I know we had some problems because of IP ranges and stuff needed to change for us to connect with ADSL

 

[Jay2345]

thanks for the prompt replies guys.

AcidRaZor, I'm able to connect via VPN, it's remote desktop that's giving me the headache. which makes me wonder how does remote desktop select it's connection? i would think that it takes VPN's connection, but in my case it just seems to be ignoring it.

bekdik, I'm afraid i dont follow dns & dhcp (googled it - but it was Greek to me). what local connection should I set to manual?

FYI, in Network Connections at the moment, I'm connected to:
VMCLite (Vodacom Dialup)
LAN3 (VPN Adapter)
Wireless (Telkom)

 

[bekdik]

OK, what you need to do is:

You have to configure that the "default route" is NOT changed to the VPN server.

Open the properties for your VPN connection.

Go to "Network". Double click on TCP/IP protocol. Use button "Advanced".

Uncheck the feature "default gateway ..."