check out the thread http://forums.isaserver.org/m_2002004268/tm.htm belonging to my article http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/work-around-VPN...S.html.

HTH,
Stefaan

i have a interesting question about the article ‘’How to work around an issue with VPN clients and split DNS. (Published: Jan 26, 2006).'’ in my case the following strange thing is happening. i hope you have a clue or idea.

I have a vpn connection with my work and also mentioned in your article it seems like my dns is not working because it takes the dns from my internet provider instead of the dns for the vpn. i tried the KBQ311218 article from M. but it didn’t work

my example:
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Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Xmachine
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controlle
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-85-2E-88-2B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.50.1.1
217.149.196.6
217.149.192.2
10.50.1.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter VPN connectie:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Cisco Systems VPN Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-9A-3C-78-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.50.10.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.50.1.1
10.50.1.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\>nslookup
Default Server: resolve10.dns.internl.net
Address: 217.149.196.6

> devcomputer
Server: resolve10.dns.internl.net
Address: 217.149.196.6

*** resolve10.dns.internl.net can’t find devcomputer: Non-existent domain
>
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as you can see in the top. i have mentioned the dns from my work (10.x.x.x range) in the tcp/ip settings of my internet connection (eth 3). i connect through an open router(linksys) (with all the dns names included) . this router is fully well configured.

When i am connected with vpn, i tried to lookup the computer ‘’devcomputer'’ because i know it exists on my work in the range (10.x.x.x). But it uses the wrong dns server. instead of a dns 10.x.x.x server it uses my internet dns.(217.x.x.x) when trying to connect on a dns name with for example a remote connection
when i do a ‘ping’ with the ipadresses (10.x.x.x) then it gives me an answer. when i ping with the name the computer is not known.

Dou you have a method to explictly use a dns server (maybe forced to one dns server) when using a vpn connection? in the tcp/ip settings the dns settings are already placed on (10.X..x.x) but it looks like it dont use them.

good articles on your site btw

greetz
Stefan

I usually use this utility : LimitLogin utility

read more here : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237282/en-us

one of its features : It can limit the number of logins for each user from any computer in the domain. This includes terminal server sessions.

Thanks,
Tarek