[vpn-help] Split DNS issue

Alexis La Goutte alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 01:52:56 CDT 2014


Hi Larkin,

You need a "Pro" Release to get Split DNS feature on Shrew 2.2

Regards,

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Larkin Lowrey
<llowrey at nuclearwinter.com> wrote:
> 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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