"hex2bin" <hex...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4C381E54-C6AB-45D8...@microsoft.com...
"hex2bin" <hex...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6C25BE91-9621-41A5...@microsoft.com...Yes you can ping the dns server and the mail server by ip.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311218
It involves a registry edit for the VPN client (remote user), but it seems
to work, correctly resolving the public DNS name to the internal IP when
VPNed and to the public IP when not VPNed.
I've also found that wherever the VPN client is, if they receive a public
DNS server as their local DNS (i.e. if the local DHCP is passing out a public
DNS server address) rather than the local gateway as the DNS address (ie.,
the DHCP passing out the internal IP address of the local router/WAP/cable
modem/whatever), then when one VPNs in things seem to resolve correctly. So
you can configure your home network to work, but I'm not sure if airports and
Starbucks and other hotspots pass out a public DNS server to their DHCP
clients or not.
JWM