DNS server order on vpn client

[Guest]

I am setting up RRAS for VPN connections and am experiencing an odd dns
order. When I am at my home computer- which is not on my works domain- I can
connect to the vpn server at work with no problems. I get an ip and I can
surf. I can access resources on the network, however only by its IP address.
if I ping a resource by it's name I get an error (can't remember the error),
not a request timed out. When i check my ipconfig on my home computer my dns
server order is in reverse from what is should be. my preferred dns server
is listed last.

RRAS on a Win2k server (non-dc), using dhcp for clients, clients win2k and xp.

thank you,

Mike

 

[Bill Grant]

As well as the DNS server address, the client needs to use the correct
DNS suffix to resolve names to addresses on the remote network. Does it work
OK if you use the FQDN of a machine on the LAN?

If that works, all you need to do is specify the domain suffix in the
TCP/IP properties of the client's connection properties. If the domain
suffix is set as mydomain.com, a query for server1 will be sent as
server1.mydomain.com .