Do you notice that when you connect to a VPN (virtual private network), you sometimes loose your internet connection? That is because all your internet traffic is being routed through your VPN’s gateway. If your only use of the VPN is to connect to a network for email or a specific application, this is unnecessary. If you wish to surf the internet privately, you would want to use this and your VPN will probably be configured to handle this, so do not disable this feature. Follow these steps to turn off this feature. Learn more.
- Click Start > Setting > Network Connections > Show all Connections, or select Network Connections from the Control Panel
- Right-click the VPN connection
- Click “Properties”
- Click the “Networking” tab
- Double-click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”
- Click the “Advanced…” button
- Uncheck “Use default gateway on remote network”
- Click OK three times