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Fixing Internet Connection when connected to VPN

We were having an issue with our VPN setup and just wanted to document the fix. When working remotely we preferred to VPN back to the office from time to time but we were running into an issue where when connected to the office VPN we could not browse the internet. Everything else worked fine, our file share on the office network, we could send/receive email, print at the office ect… the only thing that was not working was actual internet browsing. To fix the issue we found a great piece of helpful information on Stack Overflow. The info is copied below for easy access and there is also a link to the stack overflow thread:

Link to thread: Here

Working steps to take:

uncheck “Use default gateway on remote network” in the TCP/IPv4 advanced settings for the VPN connection.

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