[Vpn-help] Shrew client overrides network device priority list

[speaker]

Hi,

I just got a little problem which maybe can be solved very easily with
the correct configuration of the Shrew Soft vpn client:

In Windows XP the network device priority list can be used to tell e.g.
games which device to bind to when starting a listening server:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B894564&x=10&y=13

Since most games do not allow to specify which device to use (bad) the
one on top of the priority list will be used.

Using Hamachi I put the corresponding device on top of the list to force
games to use the Hamachi device for listening. This works without any
problem until I go online (via vpn) using the Shrew Soft client. The
client seems to override the priority list and puts the vpn device on
top. Therefore each game starts listening on the vpn device ip.

A workaround is to first start the listening server (without any vpn
connection establised) and then connecting to the vpn.

Is there any possibility to prevent overriding the network device
priority list? Using the windows vpn client just works without any
problems (pptp) and even the Cisco vpn client works (which I don't want
to use due to several other bugs/problems with it).

I bet I'm missing a point with the configuration.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards,

York