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Hi Tom One small issue I had was DNS resolution. For example, a user at home creates a PPTP VPN into work and then wants to go to an internal website (say an intranet). The user would type the address into the browser (http://mywork.intranet.com) and it would not resolve. One way to combat this was to manually enter DNS entries into the windows hosts file on all remote PC's (not a great idea) or to add DNS entries to the DNS forwarder on m0n0 and make a slight adjustment to a registry setting on each remote clients pc. The registry modification simply re-arranges the order of DNS resolution. It's based of this microsoft article - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311218 Here are the simple steps to modify the registry entry. This was also posted here http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/list/showmsg.php?id=180/62 1.Click Start, click Run, type regedit32 in the Open box, and then click OK. 2.Click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Linkage 3.In the right pane, double-click Bind. 4.In the Value data box, select the "\Device\NdisWanIp" item, press CTRL+X, click the top of the list of devices, and then press CTRL+V. 5.Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor. Once you have completed this, when a remote hostlogs in they use m0n0 to resolve IP addresses. I hope my little tid bit helps thomas dot serra at bluewin dot ch wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm planning to use m0n0wall as a PPTP VPN and FireWall solution for our >small firm. Our office network is a MS-WorkGroup composed of 9 Windows XP >machines. > >All machines in the WorkGroup contain the same 9 entries user base. All the >machines are identical. > >Every week-end I'll will have around 6 users VPN connecting simultaneously >to the network and accessing their desktop machine via MS Remote Desktop. > >I'm planning to use a WRAP from PC-Engines. > >My questions are the following: > >- Is the WRAP fast enough or shall I need a crypto card? > Should I prefer a PC? > >- Are there any bottle necks or special problems I should be attentive to? > >I had a very interesting answer from Mark Wass telling me about some issues >I could face : http://m0n0.ch/wall/list/showmsg.php?id=222/34 > >Did anyone face particular problems using m0n0wall as a PPTP VPN server in >a MS WorkGroup environment? > >Before starting with m0n0wall I'd like to be sure about the right hardware >to use, and some possible problems I could face in a Microsoft environment. > >Thanks in advance for your help, suggestions, warnings and advises. > >Regards, > >Tom. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > > |