Setup DNS Suffix for VPN

Q: I have a 2003 RAS box acting as my VPN solution. It has one NIC on my only internal subnet, and hands out IP addresses from its own pool. When clients connect from outside, they aren't getting handed the connection-specific DNS suffix of the internal domain, so whenever they want to connect to an internal resource, they have to spell out the whole FQDN. Is there a way I can have RAS hand out the connection-specifig dns suffix to VPN clients?

A: This is good question. It is better to setup WINS server for VPN name resolution. Otherwise, these search result may help,

Add DNS suffix for VPN connection
Q: Is it possible to configure DHCP agent on RRAS VPN server (Windows 2003 Standard) to add DNS suffix for VPN connection. On RRAS properties under IP I set ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn35.htm

DNS suffix for VPN connection
All VPN users connect to the network from their home PC - what do i need to do to automatically add the required DNS suffix to the VPN connection? ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn34.htm

Name resolution on VPN

Click DNS and WINS tabs to assign the VPN server's DNS and WINS. ... To assign the DNS and WINS to a VPN client for name resolution, you should configure ...
www.chicagotech.net/nameresolutionpnvpn.htm

Troubleshooting DNS

If your VPN client cannot find servers or cannot ping computernmae, you may need to add DNS and WINS into your VPN server. For example, to add DNS and WINS ...
www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm

Add dns suffix for VPN connection

Q: Is it possible to configure DHCP agent on RRAS VPN server (Windows 2003 Standard) to add DNS suffix for VPN connection. On RRAS properties under IP I set ...
www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn35.htm

VPN Issues

A: Win2k and XP both use DNS to find other machines whereas Win98 uses NetBIOS or Wins. So, you will need to set up the DNS on VPN Server or clients. ...
www.chicagotech.net/vpn.htm

DNS suffix for VPN connection

All VPN users connect to the network from their home PC - what do i need to do to automatically add the required DNS suffix to the VPN connection? ...
www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn34.htm

Where are the VPN clients are supposed to look for dns

Two clients vpn into it, and use a retail ticket software that runs in Internet Explorer. Last week I changed the DNS server on the LAN where the Ticket ...
www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn3.htm

Access remote computer using hostname over VPN

VPN range is static ..80-89. Remote: IP 192.168.1.* Below is my session results. ipconfig shows the connection info. The PPP shows the DNS with my AD server ...
www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn33.htm