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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Remote desktop over VPN

tiga - Jul 5, 2006 - 2:54 pm

Hi

I have installed ARD and Microsoft RDC on a G4 powerbook hoping to do remote admin from home. The VPN connection and DNS entries are correct but when I try to connect via hostname it fails with the "DNS lookup failure" error.

I have tried both the FQDN and IP address in the connection field but neither works although a ping will respond succesfully. If I do a "connect to server" by IP then it is successful and will prompt for credentials.

Thanks for any help

Khama - Jul 10, 2006 - 4:45 pm

This is caused because of the local naming policy of the VPN network.

I am assuming its a PC server / VPN network you are connecting to? With a PC Domain Controller?

Typical PC DC will use .local for its naming. Mac OS X will use .local for rendeview. This is why looking up my name doesnt work and looking up by IP works.

Do a Google serach on OS X .local issue. You can find a terminal script that can be run on the Mac to force it to look for .local on TCP/IP instead of rendeview. This should fix the DNS/naming issue.

tiga - Jul 11, 2006 - 8:24 pm

I'll try that.

Thanks