[Vpn-help] DNS Proxy daemon blocks VM DNS requests

[Matthew Grooms]

John Lindsay wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed the 2.1-beta-5 which supports the import of pcf files on my 
> Windows 2008 Enterprise server x64 with Hyper-V.
> 
> The client worked fine to connect to a cisco gateway from thVe server.
> 
> But I noticed after the install that my VM could no longer resolve dns 
> requests on the external virtual adapter.
> 
> I ran wireshark on my DNS server (separate machine DC01)  and could not 
> see any DNS requests from the VM but did see traffic from the VM 
> requesting browser notifications.
> 
> I had put the domain controller in LMHosts and hosts file.
> 
> I stopped the Shrew DNS proxy and the VM can now resolve DNS requests 
> from the VM. The Hyper-V server had no problem resolving DNS.
> 

Hi John,

Thanks for the problem report. There is an open Trac ticket for this but 
its not trivial to fix. Hopefully I will get to it for the next release 
after 2.1.5.

-Matthew