Hi all,

I'm using vpn client software to remotely connect to my office network. The
program doesn't have dns functionality, so I connect to remote shares using
their ip addresses.

I would like to have dns functionality too. This client will soon be rolled
out to other users for use on their home computers. They are used to named
shares instead of ip's and I'd like to keep it that way. I'm looking for a
simple solution that will have as little impact as possible on their home
machines.

The obvious answer is to edit the host file, but I would like to avoid this.
Is their some way to manually add dns entries to the dns resolver cache?
I'm thinking of a batch or script file to be run before launching the client.

Or how about adding a temporary dns server entry (the office dns server)
from the command line? I've used a dialup program that won't allow
modification the dns server entries, so changing the network connection
properties may not be possible (and also beyond the ability of most users).

Assuming you have static IPs on the servers, the simplest solution is
probably lmhosts files on the clients:

<IPaddress> ServerName #PRE

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"gregski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm using vpn client software to remotely connect to my office network.
The
> program doesn't have dns functionality, so I connect to remote shares
using
> their ip addresses.
>
> I would like to have dns functionality too. This client will soon be
rolled
> out to other users for use on their home computers. They are used to
named
> shares instead of ip's and I'd like to keep it that way. I'm looking for
a
> simple solution that will have as little impact as possible on their home
> machines.
>
> The obvious answer is to edit the host file, but I would like to avoid
this.
> Is their some way to manually add dns entries to the dns resolver cache?
> I'm thinking of a batch or script file to be run before launching the
client.
>
> Or how about adding a temporary dns server entry (the office dns server)
> from the command line? I've used a dialup program that won't allow
> modification the dns server entries, so changing the network connection
> properties may not be possible (and also beyond the ability of most
users).