[Resolved] Need some help resolving hostnames from network

dke

Hi,

I'm rather new to vpn and i'm trying to figure out how to get my configuration to resolve the local hostnames for machines on my vpn network.

This is my configuration:

## server.ovpn ##
port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert corevpn.crt
key corevpn.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 1.1.1.0 255.255.255.0"
push "dhcp-option WINS 1.1.1.1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 1.1.1.1"
push "dhcp-option DOMAIN mydnshost.com.local"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
max-clients 2
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log

1.1.1.1 is my router, which i've configured to route traffic between 10.8.0.x and 1.1.1.x and that works properly, however i can't access the machines using the hostnames "\\server\c$" so as temporary fix i've modified my local hosts file to point static ip's to names, but i would want these to resolve automatically upon connection, is that possible?

Thanks!

dke

oh failed to mention, i'm using windows 2008 as server and windows 7 as my client and the rest of the machines in my networks are using some form of windows.

dke

Can there be a client side issue i'm guessing no but here's the config for client

## myvpn.ovpn ##
client
proto udp
dev tun
remote dnshostforvpn.net 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert vpnaccess.crt
key vpnaccess.key
comp-lzo
verb 3

I read somewhere that windows has issues with push dhcp-option DOMAIN , could that be my problem?

My router is what resolves the hostnames now and it is on ip 1.1.1.1 so push DNS 1.1.1.1 is correct? I don't have any internal domain controller so should i skip using dhcp-option DOMAIN?

I'm not sure if my trial and error works, is there any specific dns cache that i might have to clear between every configuration change or will reconnecting to vpn upon configuration update change the settings each any every time?

dke

Well, i figured my router acted like a wins/dns server as \\server\share works on my network when you're connected to it normally. Why can't i just point the push WINS/DNS to my routers IP and it does the magic it does to my network normally?

Setting up a wins server seems beyond me, i'm afraid that it will break whatever my router has going for it right now 🙂

Thanks for reply!

dke

Ater further investigation it seems like "Netbios" service in windows is managing my hostnames internally and not the router, is there any easy to way to let the netbios traffic passthrough over the vpn so it works with connected clients or is that a security hazard?