I am a seasoned IT professional, but never, until now, set up microsoft’s VPN using the routing and remote access program. While it was relatively simple to set up, a number of issues arose that I’d like to ask for some help on:
1. Once connected to the corporate network via VPN, ALL IP traffic travels through the VPN by default. That’s ok, but my lcal workstation still queries the local DNS server (the one configured in my NIC card properties) NOT any of the DNS servers on the corporate network. How do I force DNS resolution over the tunnel, while keeping the configuration simple enough for my users to set up?
2. As soon as I turn on the RRAS service on the server, a block of IP addresses gets taken from the local DHCP servers address pool, even if NO client has connected yet. Is there a way to make the RAS server only take 1 address at a time from the local DHCP server? Or can I make it NAT, and use a different subnet, so that I don’t use up the IP pool so quickly?
The network is a Windows 2003 AD Domain, with 2 DC’s at the corporate office site. The corporate office subnet is 192.168.1.0, class C mask. The VPN is set up on one of the DC’s, which has a single NIC in it, and a public IP mapped to it with the apporpriate ports forwarded.
Any body know about this dns thing>
Thanks
Bob Newman
