I have Windows 11 and I am required to remote access data on a shared drive via VPN.
When I am connected to the VPN it also seems like my internet is routed through the VPN and their slow internet connection.
Is there a way to “decouple” the internet from the VPN so that I can still access the data I need but not be hampered by the slow internet connection at the end of the VPN.
Sorry for the total lack of being able to fully describe the issue.
I have data that must come from a server and also data that is “streamed” in from different sources via the internet. the VPN is slow, so when large amounts of data (aerials for GIS) that are coming in it bogs down the rendering on the screen. I think if there was a way to limit what is coming through the VPN it could speed up the process.
Yes, but the people on the other end of the VPN need to enable split tunneling on your VPN connection. With that enabled, only networks that they specify to route through the VPN will go that way. Everything else won’t use the VPN.
Split Tunneling is the feature you need. By entering your local network ID (e.g., 192.168.x.x), only traffic intended for your local network will be routed through the VPN, while all other traffic will bypass the VPN and go directly to the internet.
It’s called “split tunnelling”, and it’s recommended. With first-party VPN clients, the VPN server determines whether the client is allowed to split tunnel – at least in theory.
Do you know who manages the firewall? This question needs to go to that person. You cannot fix this. Nobody here can fix it, either.
It is also possible they have split tunneling disabled because it isn’t quite as secure as having all traffic go through your VPN. This is why you need to ask the person who manages the firewall.
If the network guys allows it, they can set up split tunneling, but it would be a major security risk. You would have on leg inside corporate network, and the other on the open Internet.
This is the answer. You put your internal resources into the split tunnel to allow access to them, and then your regular internet traffic should egress out from your home network or where ever you are. You don’t want to backhaul all your traffic through the VPN tunnel, it can really clog the pipe.