[vpn-help] split dns does not appear to be working

Harondel J. Sibble help at pdscc.com
Tue Jul 28 10:24:06 CDT 2015


BUMP, haven't seen any follow up on this 

I was also contacted offlist by others experiencing the same issue.

On 18 Jun 2015 at 0:58, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:

> Depends where you mean....
> 
> under name resolution > DNS, once you choose the "enable dns" check box and
> then enter the remote dns server, the dns suffix box is greyed out, as is the
> "obtain automatically" which is checked just above the dns suffix field.
> 
> Under the Split DNS page, the remote AD domain of the variety 
> domainname.local IS specified.
> 
> 
> On 18 Jun 2015 at 9:12, Alexis La Goutte wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Do you have specific a DNS Suffix ?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Harondel J. Sibble <help at pdscc.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Windows 7x64 machine, running Shrew 2.2.2 with Professional license.
> > >
> > > I have tunnel setup using split dns, however when the tunnel is up, the
> > > default dns for local usage is being "changed" to the dns server at the
> > > other side of the tunnel.
> > >
> > > Basically looks like the Shrew virtual adaptor's DNS settings are taking
> > > precedence over the local nic dns settings.
> > >
> > > in the Shrew client Adaptor mode is set to "Use a virtual adaptor and
> > > assigned address"  as I've got a static ip manually set, in the subnet for
> > > the other end of the vpn tunnel.
> > >
> > > This of course breaks access to local lan resources while the VPN is up,
> > > which is kinda the whole reason for using split dns in the first place so
> > > this doen't happen.
> > >
> > > What should I be looking at for troubleshooting?
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> 
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