Can't print while connected to VPN

[YtseJam]

Hi all,

May you help me how will I configure our fortigate VPN so that all our employees can still print on their home while connected to our office VPN? We're using FG-100D and IPSec VPN (client VPN).

I know it actually that they can't really print on their printer (at home) because once connected to vpn, they're already part of office lan network. But I think its possible, I just miss some configuration. Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Regards,

Jam

[rwpatterson · Accepted solution]

The key to this issue is split tunneling. This will permit only the interesting (necessary) traffic destined for the office LAN to be sent down the tunnel. A side effect though is now you are allowing those remote nodes to reside on foreign networks at the same time as your corporate LAN. This can be a huge security risk, especially if you are part of a financial or health care organization.

[YtseJam]

I should explain it to our client the security risk if they used split tunneling on their VPN. Anyway, thank you for the info.