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Why does a VPN connection change how Windows discovers devices on the local network?
When I connect to a VPN on my Windows PC, I can no longer see other computers or network devices like printers and media servers that are normally visible on my local home network. I suspect the VPN ...
The main culprit is Network Discovery. Windows relies on broadcasting special packets over your local network to find other devices, a process also known as NetBIOS name resolution.