OpenVPN: Windows clients use option dns server as their default dns

[mxx]

Hi,

I got a problem with windows clients connecting via OpenVPN.
As long as I provide them with pfsense's dns server (forwarder), they use it as their default dns server. It doesn't matter whether I set a default domain or not.

The reason I don't want this to happen is that I'm overriding the hostname/address of a particular host in the lan in the dns forwarder. This should only take effect for local clients but not remote clients.

Is there any way I can solve this remotely via some switches in the openvpn server config?

Thank you very much!

[cmb]

That's how it's supposed to work. Default domain has nothing to do with that. OpenVPN can't control that. That's a Windows question (you can muck with the binding order but it gets to be a real PITA with any type of VPN on Windows).

[mxx]

Thank you!

So I have to set up bind somewhere, or does tinydns allow different settings per network too?

[cmb]

tinydns doesn't allow that AFAIK, believe you'll need BIND.