[vpn-help] Priority for Adapter Specific DNS Servers ...

[Matthew Grooms]

By the way, you shouldn't have to manually edit the registry like that 
the knowledge base article states. You should be able to re-order the 
adapters bindings in the "Advanced Settings" section of the Network 
Connections dialog ( hit the ALT button to see this in the menu under 
Windows Vista/7 ). Just wanted to make that clear.

-Matthew

On 2/15/2012 7:31 PM, Matthew Grooms wrote:
> All,
>
> For the longest time I thought there was no way to manually influence
> the order in which windows prioritizes adapter specific DNS servers. I
> ran across this solution the other day and wanted to share it with the
> mailing list. Apparently, the DNS server priority is directly related to
> binding order of the associated adapter ...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311218
>
> If you bump up the binding order of the adapter, the DNS servers that
> are associated with that adapter will be preferred over other adapters
> when performing name resolution. For example: By bumping up the Shrew
> Soft Virtual Adapter in the binding order, the DNS servers associated
> with that adapter will be preferred over other adapters set to a lower
> binding order ( when the VPN client is active ).
>
> Hope this helps someone,
>
> -Matthew
> _______________________________________________
> vpn-help mailing list
> vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> http://lists.shrew.net/mailman/listinfo/vpn-help