remote desktop vpn complications

hi:

i have two pc's connected to a broadband router. i use remote desktop from
A to connect to B, which works fine. on B, i've set up a vpn connection to a
personal VPN service. i chose "public location" when i first connected to
the vpn network, because i want the most secure environment possible on that
PC when i'm connected to the vpn. i also unchecked everything other than
"Internet Protocol Version 4" in the properties of the vpn connection, as per
their security instructions. but when i am connected to the vpn on B, i can
no longer use remote desktop from A to connect to B over the LAN.

when i connect to the vpn on B, i want all internet traffic on B to go
through the vpn. however, i would still like to be able to use remote
desktop from A to connect to B over my LAN. i do NOT want the remote desktop
connection to have to go through the vpn server to get to B (because of the
effect that would have on latency). how can i set this up?

That is a good question. Assuming the the VPN client is public location
after establishing the VPN, you may want to create a inbound rule using
Windows firewall with advanced security on local computer.

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"ryanj247" <ryanj247@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi:
>
> i have two pc's connected to a broadband router. i use remote desktop
> from
> A to connect to B, which works fine. on B, i've set up a vpn connection
> to a
> personal VPN service. i chose "public location" when i first connected to
> the vpn network, because i want the most secure environment possible on
> that
> PC when i'm connected to the vpn. i also unchecked everything other than
> "Internet Protocol Version 4" in the properties of the vpn connection, as
> per
> their security instructions. but when i am connected to the vpn on B, i
> can
> no longer use remote desktop from A to connect to B over the LAN.
>
> when i connect to the vpn on B, i want all internet traffic on B to go
> through the vpn. however, i would still like to be able to use remote
> desktop from A to connect to B over my LAN. i do NOT want the remote
> desktop
> connection to have to go through the vpn server to get to B (because of
> the
> effect that would have on latency). how can i set this up?
>
>