Dangers of setting a default host? (or help getting on to a remote VPN)

Here is my situation. I have a laptop from work that I need to be able to connect to my company's VPN in order to work. I am not supposed to change the laptop from DHCP so it just gets an IP when I logon to my home network. It appears that I can't connect to my VPN with all the default settings of my AEBS. If I add the IP my laptop gets from my router I can connect. But this requires me to leave a DHCP IP address in this field all the time or constantly having to toggle this feature (which seems to require a router restart to take effect). Is this a major security hole? Also, when it says all internet traffic goes through the default host, does that mean if someone else is surfing the web in my house all the packets go through my laptop first?
Is there a better way to connect to the VPN? Is there someway I can open up the ports easier? Any suggestions?

If I add the IP my laptop gets from my router I can connect.
Add it to what?
Is this a major security hole?
It is hard to know since it isn't clear what you are doing.
Also, when it says all internet traffic goes through the default host, does that mean if someone else is surfing the web in my house all the packets go through my laptop first?
When you are using default host, any requests from the internet are directed to the machine defined as the default host.
If someone on your network is accessing the internet, packets for that machine do not go through the default host.

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