[KLUG Members] PPTP.

[Adam Tauno WIlliams]

> I've been playing around with setting up a pptp server and connecting to
> it remotely from my laptop running XP-home.  I am able to connect and
> setup the VPN fine, but have a couple issues.

Woo Hoo!

> In /etc/ppp/options.pptpd I have a couple "ms-dns" lines with the IP
> addresses of my internal DNS servers.  "ipconfig /all" shows those
> servers on the VPN interface, but the resolver seems to be using the DNS
> servers of the internet interface first, so I can't resolve any internal
> host names.  I can access my internal hosts by number, but not name.  
> Is there any way to use the ms-dns servers first?

Yes, you need to specify the DNS suffix of the connection.

> Also, the default route on XP gets set to the VPN IP.  Everything works
> OK, but it seems like a terrible waste of bandwidth on the server end
> since all traffic, including that to the Internet, gets proxy'ed though
> the remote pptp server.  Any way to make Internet traffic skip the VPN?

Yes, you need to uncheck the 'use this as default route' check box.