Can't print wirelessly via Airport Extreme if VPN active

I've had this same print problem with an Airport Express. Never did get a solution. I have an HP printer connected to my Airport Extreme. No problems printing from my Macbook Pro or my work PC laptop until the Cisco VPN client on my work machine is active. Then the laptop cannot see the printer. Obviously, the VPN client is affecting the Airport Extreme setup. Does anyone know of a solution? Thanks in advance.

Most VPNs, offer two types of tunnelling modes: 1) Full tunnel, and 2) Split/Local Access Tunnel. With the former, all network traffic originating from the VPN client will travel through the VPN tunnel to the network that the network that is on the "other side" of the tunnel. Resources on the local network, like your printer are not "seen." In the latter, traffic can either travel to the remote network or to resources on the local networkt.
The key is to configure your Cisco VPN client to establish that later type of VPN connection, assuming that your company allows it. They may not as it poses a security issue.

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