How to use a different Ethernet connection
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I'm running a virtual machine at home which has a VPN connection to our main office, but I also want to connect to a share on another machine at home.
When I check with IPCONFIG
I can see two ethernet connections ...
my work VPN ...
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection* 11: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxxxxx IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
and home local ...
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxxxxx IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.70 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
What's weird is when I've been working before with a plugged-in ethernet cable I've not had any problem getting to the share?
I can PING
the other machine, but I can't access the share at ... \\othermachine\c$
I tried 'TRACERT` but that disappears off to the work network and eventually gets back to the local other machine after a few time-outs
Is there anyway to "force" the connection to stay local ?
UPDATE: the VPN is AEP SSL Tunnel
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