[vpn-help] Split DNS issue

Larkin Lowrey llowrey at nuclearwinter.com
Sun Oct 12 22:52:36 CDT 2014


So far so good with v2.1.7. Split DNS seems to be working as expected. 
None of the 2.2.x versions worked.

--Larkin

On 10/12/2014 5:27 PM, Larkin Lowrey wrote:
> I am connecting to a Cisco ASA using Mutual PSK + XAuth and trying to 
> use split-dns. The ASA is configured for split-tunneling and 
> split-dns. This works fine with the official Cisco client. When 
> running the Shrew client all DNS goes to the tunnel's DNS server. 
> That's a problem for me since this causes my local hostnames to 
> resolve to their public IPs instead of their internal private IPs when 
> using the tunnel's DNS server.
>
> I've tried with the default settings of "Enable Split DNS" and "Obtain 
> Automatically" as well as with manual entries to match the ASA's 
> config. Neither work.
>
> I see the following in the IKE trace:
>
> ii : split DNS is disabled
>
> When searching the list archive I came across a thread from last year 
> where someone said that split DNS had been removed from the Shrew 
> client. Is that true? Seems hard to believe, especially since I bought 
> a license to get split DNS support since the website said a 
> Professional Edition license was required for split DNS.
>
> Are there any workarounds? Is there a particular older version I can 
> install that does support split DNS?
>
> I'm running Shrew 2.2.2 Professional Edition on Windows 7 SP1 x64
>
> --Larkin
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