Windows 7 Firewall configuration

Posted by Will Calderwood on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Will Calderwood
Published on 2013-07-01T09:04:57Z Indexed on 2013/07/01 10:24 UTC
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I had a PC set up with a VPN. I used the Windows 7 firewall to block all NON-VPN traffic to the internet, but all LAN traffic was allowed. So, with the VPN connected I could connect to all networked machines and the internet. Without the VPN connected I could only connect to the LAN and had no internet access.

Unfortunately my drive failed, and I'm setting up the machine again with a replacement drive. I can't for the life of me work out how to set up the firewall again.

I can easily set it up to block all NON-VPN traffic, but can't work out how to that and still allow all LAN traffic whether the VPN is connected or not.

Some pointers would be useful.

Thanks.

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