Network Diagram
The VPN Client is located on a typical SOHO network and connects across the Internet to the main office.
Background Information
Unlike a classic split tunneling scenario in which all Internet traffic is sent unencrypted, when you enable local LAN access for VPN Clients it permits those clients to communicate unencrypted with only devices on the network on which they are located. For example, a VPN Client that is allowed local LAN access while connected to the ASA from home is able to print to its own printer, but not access the Internet without first sending the traffic over the tunnel.
An access list is used in order to allow local LAN access in much the same way that split tunneling is configured on the ASA. However, instead of defining which networks should be encrypted, the access list in this case defines which networks should not be encrypted. Also, unlike the split tunneling scenario, the actual networks in the list do not need to be known. Instead, the ASA supplies a default network of 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.255 which is understood to mean the local LAN of the VPN Client.
When the VPN Client is connected and configured for local LAN access, you cannot print or browse by name on the local LAN. However, you can browse or print by IP address. See the Troubleshooting section of this document for more information as well as workarounds for this situation.
Configure Local LAN Access for VPN Clients
Complete these two tasks in order to allow VPN Clients access to their local LAN while connected to the VPN Concentrator:
Configure the ASA via the ASDM
Complete these steps in the ASDM to allow VPN Clients to have local LAN access while connected to the ASA:
- Choose Configuration > VPN > General > Group Policy and select the Group Policy that you wish to enable local LAN access in. Then click Edit.

- Choose the Client Configuration tab.

- Uncheck the Inherit box for Split Tunnel Policy and chose Exclude Network List Below.

- Uncheck the Inherit box for Split Tunnel Network List and then click Manage in order to launch the ACL Manager.

- Within the ACL Manager choose Add > Add ACL... in order to create a new access list.

- Provide a name for the ACL and click OK.

- Once the ACL is created, choose Add > Add ACE... in order to add an Access Control Entry (ACE).

- Define the ACE that corresponds to the local LAN of the client.
- Choose Permit.
- Choose an IP Address of 0.0.0.0
- Choose a Netmask of 255.255.255.255.
- (Optional) Provide a description.
- Click OK.

- Click OK in order to exit the ACL Manager.

- Be sure that the ACL you just created is selected for Split Tunnel Network List.

- Click OK in order to return to the Group Policy configuration.

- Click Apply and then Send (if required) in order to send the commands to the ASA.

Configure the ASA via CLI
Rather than use the ASDM, you can complete these steps in the ASA CLI in order to allow VPN Clients to have local LAN access while connected to the ASA:
- Enter configuration mode.
ciscoasa>enable
Password:
ciscoasa#configure terminal
ciscoasa(config)#
- Create the access list to allow local LAN access.
ciscoasa(config)#access-list Local_LAN_Access remark VPN Client Local LAN Access
ciscoasa(config)#access-list Local_LAN_Access standard permit host 0.0.0.0
- Enter Group Policy configuration mode for the policy that you wish to modify.
ciscoasa(config)#group-policy hillvalleyvpn attributes
ciscoasa(config-group-policy)#
- Specify the split tunnel policy. In this case the policy is excludespecified.
ciscoasa(config-group-policy)#split-tunnel-policy excludespecified
- Specify the split tunnel access list. In this case, the list is Local_LAN_Access.
ciscoasa(config-group-policy)#split-tunnel-network-list value Local_LAN_Access
- Issue this command:
ciscoasa(config)#tunnel-group hillvalleyvpn general-attributes
- Associate the group policy with the tunnel group
ciscoasa(config-tunnel-ipsec)# default-group-policy hillvalleyvpn
- Exit the two configuration modes.
ciscoasa(config-group-policy)#exit
ciscoasa(config)#exit
ciscoasa#
- Save the configuration to non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) and press Enter when prompted to specify the source filename.
ciscoasa#copy running-config startup-config
Source filename [running-config]?
Cryptochecksum: 93bb3217 0f60bfa4 c36bbb29 75cf714a
3847 bytes copied in 3.470 secs (1282 bytes/sec)
ciscoasa#
Configure the VPN Client
Complete these steps in the VPN Client in order to allow the client to have local LAN access while connected to the ASA.
- Choose your existing connection entry and click Modify.

- Go to the Transport tab and check Allow Local LAN Access. Click Save when you are done.

Verify
Follow the steps in these sections in order to verify your configuration.
Connect with the VPN Client
Connect your VPN Client to the VPN Concentrator in order to verify your configuration.
- Choose your connection entry from the list and click Connect.

- Enter your credentials.

- Choose Status > Statistics... in order to display the Tunnel Details window where you can inspect the particulars of the tunnel and see traffic flowing. You can also see that Local LAN is enabled in the Transport section.

- Go to the Route Details tab in order to see the routes to which the VPN Client still has local access.
In this example, the VPN Client is allowed local LAN access to 192.168.0.0/24 while all other traffic is encrypted and sent across the tunnel.

View the VPN Client Log
When you examine the VPN Client log, you can determine whether or not the parameter that allows local LAN access is set. In order to view the log, go to the Log tab in the VPN Client. Then click on Log Settings in order to adjust what is logged. In this example, IKE is set to 3- High while all other log elements are set to 1 - Low.
Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.0.5 (Rel)
Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Client Type(s): Windows, WinNT
Running on: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
1 14:20:09.532 07/27/06 Sev=Info/6 IKE/0x6300003B
Attempting to establish a connection with 172.22.1.160.
!--- Output is supressed
18 14:20:14.188 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300005D
Client sending a firewall request to concentrator
19 14:20:14.188 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300005C
Firewall Policy: Product=Cisco Systems Integrated Client,
Capability= (Centralized Protection Policy).
20 14:20:14.188 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300005C
Firewall Policy: Product=Cisco Intrusion Prevention Security Agent,
Capability= (Are you There?).
21 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/4 IKE/0x63000013
SENDING >>> ISAKMP OAK TRANS *(HASH, ATTR) to 172.22.1.160
22 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300002F
Received ISAKMP packet: peer = 172.22.1.160
23 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/4 IKE/0x63000014
RECEIVING <<< ISAKMP OAK TRANS *(HASH, ATTR) from 172.22.1.160
24 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x63000010
MODE_CFG_REPLY: Attribute = INTERNAL_IPV4_ADDRESS: , value = 10.0.1.50
25 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x63000010
MODE_CFG_REPLY: Attribute = INTERNAL_IPV4_NETMASK: , value = 255.255.255.0
26 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300000D
MODE_CFG_REPLY: Attribute = MODECFG_UNITY_SAVEPWD: , value = 0x00000000
27 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300000D
MODE_CFG_REPLY: Attribute = MODECFG_UNITY_PFS: , value = 0x00000000
28 14:20:14.208 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300000E
MODE_CFG_REPLY: Attribute = APPLICATION_VERSION, value = Cisco Systems,
Inc ASA5510 Version 7.2(1) built by root on Wed 31-May-06 14:45
!--- Local LAN access is permitted and the local LAN is defined.
29 14:20:14.238 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300000D
MODE_CFG_REPLY: Attribute = MODECFG_UNITY_INCLUDE_LOCAL_LAN (# of local_nets),
value = 0x00000001
30 14:20:14.238 07/27/06 Sev=Info/5 IKE/0x6300000F
LOCAL_NET #1
subnet = 192.168.0.0
mask = 255.255.255.0
protocol = 0
src port = 0
dest port=0
!--- Output is supressed.
Test Local LAN Access with Ping
An additional way to test that the VPN Client still has local LAN access while tunneled to the VPN Concentrator is to use the ping command at the Windows command line. The local LAN of the VPN Client is 192.168.0.0/24 and another host is present on the network with an IP address of 192.168.0.3. C:\>ping 192.168.0.3
Pinging 192.168.0.3 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms