When connected to Windows VPN and I do an nslookup it shows the DNS server's IP but name is unknown

Question

When I connect to my RRAS VPN I am having an issue where the VPN clients can ping/connect to servers by IP and their FQDN but not by their basic hostname.

When I did an nslookup on a VPN client it will show the proper DNS IP but the name of the server says Unknown.

Anybody know what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

You need to go into the VPN connection's settings, under TCP/IP's properties go to Advanced, then put the domain name in the box next to DNS Suffix for this connection

;-)

Comments

[R.I]

I realize I could do that on the client side, but isn't there a way to have that automatically configured when a VPN client connects?

[R.I]

Well I'm experiencing an issue where VPN clients aren't able to access machines by hostname so I thought maybe it had something to do with this. I can't seem to figure out how to get RRAS to give VPN clients the DNS suffix and WINS settings.

[Geraint Jones]

The easiest way is to use CMAK : isaserver.org/img/upl/vpnkitbeta2/cmak.htm

[joeqwerty]

Ouch. A drive by downvote. I wish people would comment on their downvotes so that we'd at least have an opportunity to be educated on where we went wrong with our answers.