openvpn: accessing server via name

[Chuck]

I have an OpenVPN connection between two PCs over the Internet. I am
only able to access the server using the private LAN address of
10.8.0.1. How can I get the server to automatically "publish" it's name
to the client as if I were on the LAN? (The client is a wireless laptop
and When I'm on the LAN, I can access the server by it's name. On the
VPN I have to use the IP address.)

Thanks.

 

[Timothy Baldwin]

I have an OpenVPN connection between two PCs over the Internet. I am
only able to access the server using the private LAN address of
10.8.0.1. How can I get the server to automatically "publish" it's name
to the client as if I were on the LAN? (The client is a wireless laptop
and When I'm on the LAN, I can access the server by it's name. On the
VPN I have to use the IP address.)

The simplest way is to use OpenVPN in a bridging configration.