Cisco → Re: connect to work VPN from behine C831

I already fixed it with the newer IOS version that I listed in my previous post. Thanks for checking out my post though.

On another note, I setup the 831 to accept PPTP requests and I have it working fine with one exception. I can't resolve names on the local network. I can use IP's, but not names. I realize I need to tell the router to make the client connecting use a specific DNS server, but I haven't found the command to set that up. I see how to do it on a PIX, but I can't find the commands for a router.

Anyone ever done this and feel like sharing?

A quick and dirty way around that is to set up a hosts file with the names in it.

Yes, thank you for the resoponse, and you're right. I would like to just be able to connect and browse. I did find the command that will force the connection to use a specific IP. The command is "async-bootp dns-server ip-address1 [additional-ip-address]".

I just tried it and forced an internal DNS server that works in the hope that that was my solution. Unfortunately, it's not. I still can't browse by names. I can use IP's no problem, but not names.

Anyone know how to make that work?

Well, upon further investigation. I found the answer. There is another command that will allow you to point to a specific IP for WINS. I do not run WINS on my network, however if I point the command to my internal DNS server it works fine. Here's the command:

"async-bootp nbns-server ip-address1 [additional-ip-address]"

This command basically tells the VPN connection to look at the specified IP for WINS. Again, I don't have WINS running on the IP I configured and I'm not using anything but WinXP to connect. Everything works from outside the tunnel in now.

New problem though. I can't connect to the remote machine from inside by using it's computer name. I can connect to it via it's assigned IP address. That's not such a big deal, but there's a way I'm sure that I could resolve the remote machines name from inside. Anyone know how?