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How to use two different private DNS servers (one behind a VPN)

Consider the following scenario: I am connected to a local area network with it's own private DNS server (call it lan-dns). This DNS server is used to resolve the names of some private hosts on ...
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DNS fallback from VPN-provided DNS

I have a local DNS server that tracks all of my machines in my house, provides caching from the internet on commonly-used look-ups, etc. I'd like to use that to cache both the internet and the DNS ...
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VPN error 868 resolving hostname during reconnection

I have a problem connecting to a VPN over internet I have dialup connection (USB modem) set as my default internet connection, so dynamic IP, DNS and WINS server. A VPN connection that connects over ...
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Unsuccessful DNS request via VPN

I want to get into a network via VPN to a server. The VPN gives me a 192.168.101.x IP; the normal IP leases in the network are 192.168.100.x range. I can access the server via IP but not over FQDN. I ...
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Share printer over VPN

I have a customer who just recently bought two Cisco ASA 5505's from us. He will be buying several more for each of his business offices, but for now we have one set up at his main office and one at ...
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Windows 7 Home Premium Ignoring DNS Suffix seach list

I am using Cisco AnyConnect to connect to my work network for a work from home situation. The connection is fine, however I am having a DNS problem. My work DNS has various suffixes, but for some ...
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DNS does not resolve after VPN

connected remote vpn(random vpn provider) --OK Internet access add to route tables 10.0.0.0/8(lan) to go trough local network gateway ping localnetworkcomputer with ip (10.10.74.48) --OK ...
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How can I use multiple VPNs for increased privacy? [closed]

I've seen similar questions all with no answers, so I'll try to be specific. The purpose is for increased privacy, in case the VPN service should turn over logs to law enforcement. You may be a ...
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IIS8 behind a VPN + Windows Server 2012 - how to properly bind IP+Port

This is my first question so I hope I'm going to give you enough information. I'm running Windows Server 2012 within the Hyper-V environment of my Windows 8 machine. Within Windows Server 2012 I'm ...
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How to use multiple dns?

When I connect at work the net is going to assign me a dns that is working fine. After that when I connect to VPN I'm going to receive a different dns. With this one I can reach the server of the vpn ...
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Telnet some long response stuck after DNS server change

our office is on a VPN connection to our customer's big UNIX servers to provide tech support, and we use telnet client, such as putty or xshell on windows XP&7. One month before, we changed our ...
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Does Windows 7 VPN push Client DNS?

I'm using a VPN in conjunction with my iPad (no OpenVPN sorry!) so have just configured the Windows 7 PPTP VPN and i've got it working fine. However what I need to know is will it force my iPad to ...
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Configure separate DNS server for VPN users?

I've setup a VPN on my Windows 7 machine. Currently the W7 box is setup to use the router as the DNS Server which is fine, however what I would like to do is to say: Any user who connects via VPN, ...
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Advanced settings on Network Connections windows7

I'm trying to figure out different ways the computer could be configured regarding DNS name resolution and network settings in general, when having multiple NICs (for instance one wired and other ...
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Simple DNS or just redirection for few names

PC1 is connected via VPN to server1 (s1) s1 is connected to pc1 via VPN tunnel and to s2 vie ssh. There is transparent proxy and iptables rules that take traffic from VPN and push to ssh SOCKS5. s2 ...
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How SmartDNS Works

If you travel outside the US you'll notice that most of the streaming services like Netflix, Pandora, hulu etc are blocked, usually by the service providers themselves. To get around that, people use ...
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nslookup returns the right IP, ping still goes to the wrong ip

Ok, so here's the setup. Laptop is connected to our company VPN (Juniper Network Connect 7.2.0). There are two DNS Search suffix's (domain1.com, domain2.local). From that laptop, while connected, ...
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Windows 7 DNS lookup with VPN

Does anybody know how to setup the DNS client in Windows 7 so that when connected to a VPN it would resolve names from a particular domain (say, work.com) via VPN's DNS, while keeping resolving ...
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DNS when using split VPN on Windows

I'm using split-VPN on Windows XP as shown in: VPN: Does all traffic get routed through the VPN when I am logged in? My question is: how do I find out where DNS requests go? If I type an address ...
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VPN Server host name - public DNS resolution

I have a VPN server which I have to configure in the next few days. One question that is tormenting me is which host name should I give it for public DNS resolution. Will it be secure if I choose ...
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VPN messes up DNS resolution

After connecting with the Kerio VPN client (OS X Leopard) to a server, the internet (~web browsing) stopped working for the client. After poking around, the issue seems to be bad DNS server (i.e., ...
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Cisco ASA Firewall VPN connection issue

Sometimes when my co-workers and I connect to the LAN at work from home, we get this weird issue. The VPN connection is established without error, but we cant do a remote desktop on the machines in ...
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trick out cisco vpn with routes

I'm working on a way to trick out cisco vpn-client by modifying the routes on the local system to achive a status thats calles split-tunneling. I know that I don't have the right to do this without ...
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Using VPN connection in OSX will only route through the first service in “Service Order”

I am trying to get my VPN connection to only route network traffic related to my workplace through the VPN connection and any other traffic through my Wi-Fi connection. If I have my Wi-Fi at the top ...
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SSL/TLS and VPN-SSL?

As I understand it, SSL/TLS is used when we visit a website using https. However, using this method only encrypts the data and not the IP address of the website we're requesting. If you use a VPN ...
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DNS resolution in VPN?

Can someone tell me how a DNS resolution looks like when I'm connected to a company VPN? like what exactly happens if I type www.google.com while I'm in the VPN?
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Getting SMB file shares working over a PPTP VPN

I'm having issues getting SMB file shares working over a PPTP VPN. The server setup consists of a security device (DrayTek V3300) which passes the PPTP authentication to a SBS2003 server running ...
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Why the VPN Network Shake-Up?

I can RDP to another machine on my home network, only if I'm not also hooked up to my employer's VPN with the Cisco VPN client. Indeed, I can't even ping the other machine by name in this mode, ...
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How to access A-records defined on a server on the other side of my VPN connection?

So I'm not very savvy when it comes to windows networking, but hopefully I can explain my problem clearly. I have a VPN connection to my office network. The VPN connection appears to work fine as it ...
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Confusion about DNS Suffixes with VPN

So on my home network I run my own domain controller & DNS server. On my client machine (which is a member of this home domain), I connect to my work VPN and from that point my DNS messes up. My ...
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Using static DNS in Debian Squeeze?

I'm connecting to different WLANs all the time, and at boot time my computer also connects through a VPN-tunnel. The problem is that the DNS-server address received via DHCP often times don't allow ...
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What is the correct way to plug DNS leaks when running OpenVPN?

I've set up OpenVPN on a Linux server. All my Internet traffic goes through the VPN from that server. I'm running Windows 7 at home. I noticed in Wireshark that DNS queries are not going through the ...
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how to access computers on dd-wrt LAN using hostnames, when connected to a university VPN?

So I have a dd-wrt router connected to my cable modem. Behind that router on my lan are computers with hostnames le1700, wind and t60p. On each machine, I am simply able to do a nslookup and it ...
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OS X >10.6.5 DNS Lookup Order with VPN

After updating to OS X 10.6.5 (from .4), applications don't seem to be looking up host names in the correct order (according to the service order in Network Preferences) when my VPN is connected. My ...
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DrayTek 2820n: LAN to LAN VPN connected, but half working

We have two locations, both using a DrayTek 2820n. Location 1 (L1) features a PDC, DNS, DHCP server (SBS 2008) with IP 10.1.1.2. Location 2 (L2) has a Windows 7 laptop only. Both locations are ...
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Access Windows VPN DNS from Ubuntu

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 to access a Windows VPN. I connect to the VPN from Ubuntu, and when I open a Windows 7 virtual machine (VirtualBox), everything works great ... I can access local network ...
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iPhone PPTP cannot use VPN DNS server

My PPTP server allows my laptop to resolve internal domain names fine and I can see that the DHCP server is handing my PPTP client the proper DHCP settings. When I connect through the iPhone, I don't ...
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DNS Lookup over SSH Tunnel

On Linux or Mac OS X how can I perform DNS lookups over an established SSH Tunnel? How can I restrict DNS lookups of the form *.mydomain.com Can I redirect all attempts to access domains of the ...
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VPN: Does all traffic get routed through the VPN when I am logged in?

If I log into a slow VPN with only a 15k/s connection, when I try to go to kernel.org or some other site to download something, is everything getting routed through that other network? (so my max ...
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Query specific nameserver for a particular domain upon VPN connect

Some background: I have a work laptop with Ubuntu 9.10 on it. I have a small network at home where I've been running some basic services (for myself/my family) for 10 some years. In my home network ...
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OpenVPN DNS: VPN DNS stomping local VPN

I've finally noodled with OpenVPN enough to get it working. Even better, I can mount samba drives, ping network machines through the TUN device, etc - it's all great. However, I'm noticing that if I ...
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Aventail VPN connection doesn't work

I installed the Aventail VPN client on both the Mac and a Windows 7 machine, both on my home network. When I try to connect one or the other (I make sure one is disconnected before connecting through ...
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vpnc Not Adding Internal DNS Servers to resolv.conf

I'm trying to setup vpnc on Ubuntu. When I run vpnc, my resolv.conf file does not get changed. It still only contains my ISP's name servers: #@VPNC_GENERATED@ -- this file is generated by vpnc # ...
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Connected to office via VPN. How to resolve computer names?

I'm using VPN Tracker to get an VPN connection to work. My problem, though, is that I have to use ip addresses to connect to 'in-office'-computers. How can I make my mac resolve computer names ...
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Disappearing DNS resolution via VPN on SnowLeopard

Ever since upgrading to Snow Leopard, I find that my DNS lookups go pear-shaped after 2 minutes or so. To be precise, I stop being able to resolve names that are only resolved by the specific servers ...
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Windows cannot resolve custom domains when VPN is up?

We have a DNS server on local network which has some custom TLDs such as "local, dummy" etc. The domains ending with these TLDs resolves to test servers like win2003test.dummy. The problem occures ...