[vpn-help] VPN client not supporting DHCP on host ? FIX SUCCESSFUL ! yet a minor glitch

[Matthew Grooms]

On 8/7/2010 1:47 AM, Robert Grasso wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> I just compiled ike-2.1.6-rc-2.tbz2 and started it on a DHCP client :
> it works ! Thank you for the fix !
>

Great. Thanks for the feedback.

> May I add a tiny remark ? This damn NetworkManager they added on
> non-servers, generates the kind of following resolv.conf :
>
> domain bob.etrumaison search bob.etrumaison nameserver 10.0.0.1
> nameserver 89.2.0.1 nameserver 89.2.0.2
>
> when I start a tunnel, your client does not remove the "search" line
> : here is what happens :
>
> domain	mycompany.lan nameserver	192.168.1.209 nameserver
> 192.168.1.208 # Generated by NetworkManager search bob.etrumaison
>
> thus, when I try to connect on some computer in the LAN using its
> name (not FQDN), the DNS resolution fails, and I have to remove the
> search line by hand - to my, this is minor, however, if you can
> polish it ...
>
> Thanks anyway for the astounding work - now that I (briefly) saw the
> sources ...
>

There should be a way to resolve this using your OS supplied network 
configuration tool. A simple fix would be to add mycompany.lan to your 
search path so its always present.

-Matthew