Hi Doug

Doug Sampson schrieb:
>>>> What do I need to do in order to get names resolved on all 
>>> openVPN clients?
>>>> The following are possibilities but I would like to gather 
>>> feedback from you
>>>> guys first.
>>> Make your DNS server accessible from the VPN client.
>>>
>>> - You push 2 dhcp options to the client, are they actually 
>> registered?
>>> - If so, are they honoured when you run nslookup?
>>> - Does nslookup return anything meaningful?
>>>
>>> If everything fails, the OpenVPN mailing list is full of very
>>> knowledgeable people.
>>>
>> I will test from home tonight and report back.
> 
> I tested from home. Here's what happened when I input nslookup:
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\Doug>nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 10.8.0.1: No response from server
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: No response from
> server
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Non-existent domain
> *** Default servers are not available

Ok this shows that the servers cannot be reached.

> Default Server:  UnKnown
> Address:  10.8.0.1
> 
> The ipconfig /all command for the TAP-32 adapter shows correct values for
> all DHCP options.
> 
> However, when I modified the DHCP option for dns server to point at a
> different name server (192.168.1.1) on the loc area, nslookup immediately
> worked!
> 
> It looks like the DNS server (dnsmasq) on the Bering firewall isn't
> accessible from VPN clients. As mentioned in an earlier mail, I've followed
> instructions on the Bering web site for setting up the openvpn config file
> as well as changes to Shorewall. Do I need to add rules to allow connections
> on port 53 between VPN and FW in Shorewall rules?

I am not that familiar with dnsmasq. I am still using dnscache. Have you
verified the traffic on tunx to see it there is a request on port 53
passed.

Does dnsmasq need to be told on which IP address it accepts requests.
Do you allow DNS requests on your tunnel?

cheers

Erich

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