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    VPN works, but can only access hosts through IP. Hostname does not resolve

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      KenGeo
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      I've have Open VPN setup on 2.3.4.  I have an AD DNS server set as primary under General setup and OPENvpn

      On Client
      Opens up fine, I can ping any IP, but I cannot ping hostnames.

      IPconfig /all shows the correct DNS server

      Lan 192.168.1.168/24
      VPN Tunnel 10.0.0.0/24

      OpenVPN
      Protocol UDP
      port 1194
      Redirect Gateway on
      DNS points to AD DNS Server 192.168.1.4

      Firewall
      WAN any to any port 1194
      OPENVPN any to any

      any ideas?

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        KenGeo
        last edited by

        What worked:

        It was the DNS suffix:
        On a computer on a domain, I needed to ipconfig /all, and under "Connection-specific DNS Suffix" it showed local.domainname.com

        Thats what needs to be under "DNS Default Domain" under VPN -> OpenVPN -> Servers -> edit

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