On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Timothy J Massey <tmas...@obscorp.com> wrote:
>
> Arthur Darcet <arthur.darcet+l...@m4x.org> wrote on 07/26/2012 03:20:15 PM:
>
>
> > You can easily configure the VPN to give static IP to your clients,
> > and then just map a dummy name to the VPN IP using /etc/hosts on the
> > BackupPC server.
>
>
> Static IP addresses that are on the same local broadcast domain as the
> BacukpPC server? And that will allow the client to use the same IP address
> both when the client is behind the VPN *and* when the client is *not* behind
> the VPN but connected directly to the office?
>
> Also, VPN bridging (which is what this technique requires) comes with its own
> set of difficulties, all so you can avoid making name resolution work over
> the VPN...
>
> I'd rather fix the actual problem (name resolution) instead mangling my VPN
> and ending up with two problems! :)
If you put the IP in /etc/hosts on the server it will take care of
name resolution whether the target on the same subnet or not. And for
the backuppc application, you can put an IP address in ClientAliasName
to take care of it.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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