Re: Dual Interface Routing Question

[Jim Popovitch <jimpop@yahoo.com>]

On Sun, 2006-12-24 at 00:12 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> I have one more scenario where I think are issues without multiple routes.
> 
> When I'm at home, I connect to my office network using a VPN Connection
> something like:
> 
> rrs@geeKISSexy:~ $ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 202.X.112.XXX    192.168.1.1     255.255.255.255 UGH   0      0        0 eth2
> 192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth2
> 0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     0      0        0 tun0
> 
> 
> Now, If my understanding is correct, the default route ends to be through tun0
> and all data, except for my internal network 192.168.1.1/24, has to be tunneled
> through tun0.
> 
> What is the path when I hit for www.debian.org in my browser ?
> Does it route through my corporate VPN Network ?

It routes through tun0.  If tun0 is your vpn connection to work, then
yes www.debian.org (and everything else) goes through your vpn to work.
If you don't want that to happen, we need to know what vpn you are using
to give you hints on how not to set your default route to the vpn.

-Jim P.