If you only want to route specific office traffic through the VPN (Split Tunneling), you ignore this. But for privacy, you want everything to go through the tunnel. The setting "Redirect Gateway" is defined in the .ovpn file ( redirect-gateway def1 ). In the Windows client, you can override this under Profile settings > Routing > "Use default gateway on remote network."
| Feature | Windows Native Client | OpenVPN Connect | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | No (Requires IKEv2/PPTP/L2TP) | Yes (Native) | | Auto-Connect on startup | Difficult to configure | Yes (Checkbox in settings) | | Kill Switch | No (Leaks data if VPN drops) | Yes ("Seamless Tunnel") | | Client Certificates | Clunky UI | Drag-and-drop simplicity | | Audit Logging | Minimal | Full verbose logging for debugging |
Installing OpenVPN Connect on Windows is a straightforward process. Here are the steps:
OpenVPN Connect allows you to when the VPN is not connected. Go to Settings > Connection > "Block IPv6 traffic when VPN is off."