Re: VPN - why do I need IP address

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

#1 _is_ happening, not sure about #2

Regarding #3, are you saying that rather than trying to RDP to "servername"
I should be trying to RDP to "servername.domainname" ?



On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Chris Bipes
<chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 1. your VPN server is not handing out to the client, the correct DNS
> server for your connection.
> 2. your VPN server is not handing out the proper search domain for DNS to
> the client.
> 3. your client is not part of the domain so it is not looking for the
> fully qualified domain or the search domain is not correct from number 2.
>
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 9:15 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: [PCTECH] VPN - why do I need IP address
>
> All,
>
> Ignorance question.  When I use our VPN to "get to the office" from my home
> or elsewhere, why do I have to use IP address (192.168.0.xxx) for RDP
> instead of being able to use the server name?
>
> Over the years we've been through 3 different VPNs and this has been true
> of all of them.  I have always thought that once I VPN'ed in, I was on the
> LAN.  Yet for RDP I always need to use IP address or it can't find the
> server I want.  Is it because the PC I am using remotely is not on the
> office domain?
>
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