What is split tunneling?
Split tunneling is where your computer can send information out in more than one direction at a time. Generally when a computer is connected to a network (whether through VPN, DSL, or an office connection) all of its communications go through that single connection. When you have a VPN running, your computer has a choice – either to send the traffic through the VPN or through the normal network connection.If split tunneling is enabled, then traffic going to Hopkins would use the VPN and traffic to other sites (like Google and Yahoo) would not use the VPN. If split tunneling is not enabled then all traffic (even traffic to the computer next to yours) goes to the VPN system first and then to its real destination.
Split tunneling is a VPN term used to describe a multi-branch network path as a method of routing Internet traffic. Split tunneling is only used with the Cisco VPN client when connecting remotely (i.e. from off-campus). Using a split tunnel means all Internet traffic that is bound for the University network will be routed through the VPN client. All traffic not destined for a University destination will not be routed through the VPN, but to the connection provided by the Internet Service Provider (ISP). Note: This setup allows for increased performance, where requests to non-University IP addresses do not have the overhead of encrypting/decrypting network traffic. However, this also means that any data not sent to the University network will not be encrypted.
Split tunneling is where your computer can send information out in more than one direction at a time. Generally when a computer is connected to a network (whether through VPN, DSL, or an office connection) all of its communications go through that single connection. When you have a VPN running, your computer has a choice – either to send the traffic through the VPN or through the normal network connection. If split tunneling is enabled, then traffic going to UCSF would use the VPN and traffic to other sites (like Google and Yahoo) would not use the VPN. If split tunneling is not enabled then all traffic (even traffic to the computer next to yours) goes to the VPN system first and then to its real destination.
Related Questions
- I think I have a split tunneling issue. What should I do when a PPTP tunnel comes up on a PC, the PPTP router has a higher metric than the previous default, and I lose connectivity?
- Can remote machine control be done through SVC, even if split tunneling is enabled?
- Does JHConnect allow split tunneling?
