Re: SBS 2003 & Hosts File

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Not sure where you are going but maybe the solution is totally different if
I think I understand what you are trying to accomplish.

On the VPN connection, go to the properties of it, Network tab, properties
of TCP/IP, Advanced, Uncheck Use default gateway on remote network.

Now the client computer will use their DNS to resolve instead of trying to
do it via the VPN connection. And they can access the local resources and
Internet via their connection and still access the SBS and it's resources.

Is that what you were looking for or am I really off base?

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Rick Faria - MCSE / A+
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"Fraggle" <fraggle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:k65de.8994$_s1.2995@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Have SBS 2003 running fine. The client pcs will connect to the AD over a
> VPN - I don't want to force the clients to use the SBS as their default
> DNS server as DNS requests will go over the vpn rather than out through
> the local gateway and the majority of traffic from the clients will
> internet based (Outlook with RPC over HTTP) and the odd file save to the
> sbs.
>
> Can anyone suggest a sensible hosts file config for me? I can of course
> just lob the relevant entries in but is there any "special" tweaking
> required for the AD integration.
>
> Each remote site has 1 client PC so running a local dns server seems a bit
> heavy...
>
> TX in advance
>


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