Topic: Case study: VPN and DNS problem

[hanky]

Dear all

i have one e-smith 6.0 gatway server,the domain name call fall.com.
internal i have 1 http server call svr88
and i can type http://svr88 to go to the default page.

then i use VPN to connect to internal network. finish connection, i type http://svr88, then it show error

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While trying to retrieve the URL: http://svr88.gall.com  

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for svr88.gall.com
The dnsserver returned:

Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
This means that:

 The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
 Check if the address is correct.

why i have this error???

anybody have idea to solve this problem??

thank you

[bobk]

You can try DHCP to DNS synchroniser by Richard Jones.

See the ReadMe here: http://www.activeservice.co.uk/sme/contribs/README-dhcp-dns

Download here: http://www.activeservice.co.uk/sme/contribs/

[hanky]

it can't solve the problem

who can help?

[bobk]

it can't solve the problem

who can help?

It works on my network.

I have an SME 6.0.1-01 as gateway/server another one as server only. I VPN in from off-site to the gateway them type http://'hostname_of_the_server_only' into my browser and get the website on the server only machine.

[hanky]

just install the packet??

or need some setting??

[bobk]

Just install it.

I also recommend that the svr88 machine have a permanent IP address and be listed in 'Hostnames and addresses'.

[hanky]

oh~~~problem can't solve~~~

my client computer has lmhosts file and i add svr88 information.

also it can't do it

[meanpenguin]

lmhosts won't help you here.
make the entries in the hosts file

[hanky]

lmhosts won't help you here.
make the entries in the hosts file

hosts file????
on windows client hosts file??
or e-smith hosts file?

thank you