Turn Your Windows PC into a Wi-Fi Hotspot from the Command Line Windows 10, like Windows 7 and 8 before it, comes with a built-in Wi-Fi hotspot feature that can share your computer's internet access.
I have spent the last two days searching for answers. I have a rather odd situation that I am trying to work with.
I have a PPTP vpn server hosted on Win 2008 R2 and I am able to connect and browse the internet over the tunnel, however my problem is that I have an iboss web filter that relies on MAC addresses to apply the correct filtering. So when I connect, the client shows up on the iboss as the server's mac. I dont have any filtering enabled on the VPN server and thus the clients internet traffic is unfiltered. Is there anyway to get the VPN server to use each individual computers mac as it accesses the internet so that I can place all of the computers into the correct filtering group? I have no idea how you pass through the mac address on a pptp tunnel.
However, I think a couple of points may be worth considering: • If your clients have split tunneling enabled, their traffic will be unfiltered anyway, as their internet traffic will use their internet connection, not yours. • Unless you have control over the client machines, the users can enable split tunneling without your knowledge and approval - thus bypassing your filter even if you do get it working. • split tunneling makes for much faster end user experience as they don't need to use the slower pptp tunnel except for traffic to/from your lan.
• I know that some security pundits reckon split tunneling is insecure, but unless you have total control over the end user's machine, and it is never connected to the internet except via your tunnel, it seems to me that the risk of 'unclean behaviour' by the client exists irrespective of whether you allow split tunneling. So, my assessment would be like this: • When the end user is not connected to my PPTP tunnel, I have no control over their internet traffic or their download behavior. • the end user is only connected to my PPTP tunnel for a portion of the time.
• Therefore, I gain nothing by forcing them to use my PPTP connection for all traffic while they are connected to my PPTP • I don't want them using my PPTP connection for unfiltered internet connectivity, as then their porn site browsing is happening through my corporate network. • So - Enable split tunneling on the client, then no internet browsing will go through the PPTP tunnel, and then you don't have to worry about trying to filter it!