Connecting a VPN to the Internet

Generally, users within a VPN can communicate only with each other, but cannot communicate with Internet users because VPN users cannot access the Internet. If each VPN site needs to access the Internet, configure the interconnection between the VPN and the Internet.

Configuring the Static Route on the CE: This section describes how to configure static routes on CEs to forward packets from the VPN to the Internet.

Configuring the Private Network Static Route on the PE: This section describes how to configure static routes on PEs to forward packets from the VPN to the Internet.

Configuring the Static Route from a Device on the Public Network to a VPN: This section describes how to configure static routes to VPN users to forward packets from the Internet to the VPN.