MS VPN issues

[Andy Yew]

Dear all,

I have set up a windows 2000 Server machine to run MS VPN via RAS. I
am having the following issues.

I am having issues whereby I am unable to get the registered domain
name that is on the internet (for non-vpn connections) to map to the
local address when they are connected to the VPN (CNAME record on the
DNS).

Despite the set-up in which I only specify 2 DNS servers via the DHCP
settings, I am getting that plus the DNS servers in our UK office,
which is very far away, and by default it keeps trying to obtain info
from that when I do an nslookup.

Trying to set it to manual DNS via the VPN connection settings didnt
help.

Also, on some locations it seems to behave terribly slow. Which could
very well tie up to this DNS issue.

It could also very well be tied with the AD structure, which we belong
to a sub-forest under the main forest so to speak.

Thanks for any help in advance!

AY

 

[Bill Grant]

Sounds as if you do not have the correct DNS suffix(es) set in the
client's connection properties.

Make sure that you specify the DNS suffixes which should be used to
query the DNS server at the VPN server's site on the client.

 

[Andy Yew]

Thanks for the answer, but I have already done that.

Under the DNS tab for the advance tcp/ip settings for my vpn
connection I have set the following:

Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes and check the
Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix

And then filled in a DNS suffix for the connection

And check the "register this connection's addresses in DNS"

Any other pointers?

Andy