http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-need-help-connecting-to-work-machine-22611525 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:36:28 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:36:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-need-help-connecting-to-work-machine-22620662 this Microsoft KB article helps (you are using some form of Microsoft Windows, right?).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-need-help-connecting-to-work-machine-22620662 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:58:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-need-help-connecting-to-work-machine-22620369 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-need-help-connecting-to-work-machine-22620369 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:36:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/need-help-connecting-to-work-machine-22611525
Ive been struggling with this for days and so is the network admin where I work.

What I'm trying to do is connect to my work computer from my home computer via VPN and then RDP. The problem I am facing is that whenever I connect (RDP) to my work machine using the machine name, it doesn't resolve to the correct address and dies trying. Whenever I connect using the IP address, it works without issues. I checked the VPN connection's DNS servers and they are correctly setup according to our sysadmin at work, so I'm scratching my head a bit.

Seems that any work machine I ping via the name from my home computer (while the VPN connection is active) resolves to the same IP address [207.69.131.x] and dies trying. However pinging an IP address of a work machine resolves properly.

My setup at home is that I have a DSL modem and a WRT54GL router (running latest version of tomato) currently sitting in front of all the computers which access the internet.

Do I need to add a route in the router or in Windows (each machine) so that it resolves properly?

I'm trying to get this resolved and I'd appreciate any help anyone can throw at me.

Thanks.
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