So I've been connecting to work lately via VPN using the laptop directly instead of using a virtual machine.  It's helpful when I need to get to source control or the work item tracking systems we use since they can't or aren't setup to work over HTTP/S.

One thing that bugged me was that after I connected to the work VPN, it would kill my ability to use the Internet on my laptop.  Sure I could get source or browse the fileshare, but I could no longer connect to articles on MSDN or whatever.

So I thought I'd post a solution here in case someone else may find this handy.

We need to disable the option to 'Use the default gateway on the remote network'.  See below for details.

Connecting to work is nothing fancy - we just use the built in VPN abilities with the operating system - in my case Windows Vista.

Setup to use your existing Internet connection.

Enter in where you want to connect to - you'll need an IP address or domain to connect to.

Enter in your work related username, password and domain.

Notice though that there isn't an option to modify anything.  Sure the connect works but this is where it kills our Internet connection.

Go into Network connections and we'll modify this VPN connection.

First we need to modify the IPv6 and then IPv4

And now IPv4

And that should do it.  Connect now to your work VPN and then you can still use the web.

Later