This article is intended for anyone who will be using the Cisco AnyConnect VPN.
What is Split Tunneling?
VPN split tunneling lets you send some of your application or device traffic through an encrypted VPN, while other applications or devices have direct access to the internet. This is particularly useful if you want to benefit from services that perform best when your location is known while also enjoying secure access to potentially sensitive communications and data.
What does this mean for me?
Split-tunneling will send traffic meant for any university IP address, both the public addresses (137.99.x.x) and private addresses (10.x.x.x), used on campus. Most of the time this will not interfere with your ability to use non-university resources, however a few Internet providers and businesses might be using the same parts of private IP space in such a way that Split-tunneling will not allow you access to your local/non-university resources.
The University of Connecticut will not adjust it's split-tunneled network to not overlap with your home network. You will need to coordinate with your ISP (this may be Comcast, Cox, Spectrum, etc.) to move your home network to something that is not on a 10.x.x.x IP space (e.g. 192.168.x.x).
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