When I'm connect to my employer network via Contivity VPN, I lose the ability to print to my home network printer. I've tried using "route add" to specify specific routing for the printer, but I can't get it to work.Any ideas?1 person needs an answerI do too

HiSince you printer is Network printer what is acting as VPN client to dechipre the traffic for it. Jack - Microsoft MVP, Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET

Hello,I had the same problem using our VPN system and a home networked printer. Just came up with a solution today that has worked...so far! My home network printer is hooked to a Netgear print server via a USB connection. Since the VPN system won't allow any outside peripheral inside it's "tunnel", it won't let the VPN based computer access any other network. The VPN system is a two-way tunnel that doesn't allow anything else in. I decided to try a USB switch to add my VPN enabled laptop to the same system. I am using aUSB switch , not a hub and the one I purchased is a manual switch bought on Amazon for under $20 (called Cables to Go 30505). It basically splits the USB cable attached to the printer into two separate lines, one for the home network and one for the VPN based computer to access the printer directly through a USB connection, not through the home network. The USB switch has three connections; one incoming for the USB cable from the printer and two outgoing. You need to have two "USB A to B" cables, same as the USB cable that connects to the printer. The B end of the cable is more square and connects to devices (the printer). You will see the connections on the switch if you look at the photo of the item at Amazon. I connected one cable from the switch to my print server and the other cable from the switch directly to my VPN computer. It's working on both ends!! There is a simple button on top of the switch to bounce back and forth between the two connections. I did have to install the printer driver on my VPN computer again for the USB connection but that was an easy task.Now if I'm working, I make sure the switch is on the first port and it is a direct link between computer and printer. If I'm going to print on my personal computers, a simple push of the button switches the connection over to the home network. At some point I will probably try an automatic switch but I wanted to test the theory first!!Understanding all systems are different, not sure if this will work for you but it is working here. Hopefully this helps!

Hello,I had the same problem using our VPN system and a home networked printer. Just came up with a solution today that has worked...so far! My home network printer is hooked to a Netgear print server via a USB connection. Since the VPN system won't allow any outside peripheral inside it's "tunnel", it won't let the VPN based computer access any other network. The VPN system is a two-way tunnel that doesn't allow anything else in. I decided to try a USB switch to add my VPN enabled laptop to the same system. I am using a USB switch , not a hub and the one I purchased is a manual switch bought on Amazon for under $20 (called Cables to Go 30505). It basically splits the USB cable attached to the printer into two separate lines, one for the home network and one for the VPN based computer to access the printer directly through a USB connection, not through the home network. The USB switch has three connections; one incoming for the USB cable from the printer and two outgoing. You need to have two "USB A to B" cables, same as the USB cable that connects to the printer. The B end of the cable is more square and connects to devices (the printer). You will see the connections on the switch if you look at the photo of the item at Amazon. I connected one cable from the switch to my print server and the other cable from the switch directly to my VPN computer. It's working on both ends!! There is a simple button on top of the switch to bounce back and forth between the two connections. I did have to install the printer driver on my VPN computer again for the USB connection but that was an easy task.Now if I'm working, I make sure the switch is on the first port and it is a direct link between computer and printer. If I'm going to print on my personal computers, a simple push of the button switches the connection over to the home network. At some point I will probably try an automatic switch but I wanted to test the theory first!!Understanding all systems are different, not sure if this will work for you but it is working here. Hopefully this helps!

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If the printer was in the same room as my computer, I could just simply plug in the printer directly. However, it is on a different floor in the house, so that won't work.I've seen examples of people using "ROUTE ADD" to add direct connections to local network addresses, but I haven't been able to get that to work.