OpenVPN Support Forum

Hi,

it's possible that this is some trivial issue, but I can't figure it out on my own. I have the same VPN configuration files on two computers running Windows 10. Both are hooked up to the same router, although one via WiFi and the other via an Ethernet cable.

When connecting from computer #1 via VPN, it uses the DNS servers it gets via VPN and I can access the remote servers by their name. Anyway, when I try to execute e.g. "nslookup www.google.com" it shows me that the name on the DNS server provided by the VPN is looked up.

Connecting to computer #2 via VPN, I can see that it uses my local router (192.168.0.1) as DNS after connecting. This can be seen, for example, through the same nslookup command. In this situation the servers from the remote network are not visible by name, I only have access by IP address.

What can this difference be due to? How to force the computer #2 to use remote DNS servers when using VPN?

Push a DNS server to your client.

Both computers connect to the same VPN server. And I have no control over that server, it's my company's server.

Then ask your company IT department for support.

They say the server side is correct. Others do not have the problem.

And I see this in my log: Isn't it that DNS adresses are received correctly?

you can configure the primary DNS to be used with your connection.