NOLACop
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I need some help with a VPN issue.
I have about 50 laptops deployed to officers in the field. They are not on the network at the office. Each laptop had a Verizon USB data card. I have several applications that the officers use daily. One application that is used most often needed to have all of its data routed over a specific IP address. All other data traffic was sent to the VPN at the office because all other applications were hosted on our office servers. I accomplished this by adding a route-- route add -p "ip address for specific application" mask 255.255.255.255 "static ip address of data card" metric 1.
This worked perfectly and all applications could be used at the same time. Recently I was forced to upgrade to Verizon MiFi data cards. All of the static Ip addresses are the same and each officer retained the same static IP as he had before. For some reason the routes no longer work. Now officers must manually start the VPN to do certain things and disconnect the VPN to use the static ip specific application.
I also had the printer configured on a TCP/IP port and officers were able to print to the network printer at the office. Now even with the VPN connected, the printer doesn't work. I can ping the printer IP but it gives error messages when printing.
My questions are:
1. Is there some reason the route will not work with a wifi connection vs. what I assume was a LAN connection?
2. Does anyone know of a better way to accomplish what I am describing or another way to program the route to make it work over wifi?
3. Is the printer issue a driver problem since its over wifi now? The printer is a Lanier LD528.
Thanks for any help.
I have about 50 laptops deployed to officers in the field. They are not on the network at the office. Each laptop had a Verizon USB data card. I have several applications that the officers use daily. One application that is used most often needed to have all of its data routed over a specific IP address. All other data traffic was sent to the VPN at the office because all other applications were hosted on our office servers. I accomplished this by adding a route-- route add -p "ip address for specific application" mask 255.255.255.255 "static ip address of data card" metric 1.
This worked perfectly and all applications could be used at the same time. Recently I was forced to upgrade to Verizon MiFi data cards. All of the static Ip addresses are the same and each officer retained the same static IP as he had before. For some reason the routes no longer work. Now officers must manually start the VPN to do certain things and disconnect the VPN to use the static ip specific application.
I also had the printer configured on a TCP/IP port and officers were able to print to the network printer at the office. Now even with the VPN connected, the printer doesn't work. I can ping the printer IP but it gives error messages when printing.
My questions are:
1. Is there some reason the route will not work with a wifi connection vs. what I assume was a LAN connection?
2. Does anyone know of a better way to accomplish what I am describing or another way to program the route to make it work over wifi?
3. Is the printer issue a driver problem since its over wifi now? The printer is a Lanier LD528.
Thanks for any help.