>I have encountered a weird problem with an XP Pro guest when I use
> Microsoft VPN:
>
> - I create the connection in the new connection wizard
> - I set it to use PPTP VPN
> - I also set it to show logon domain, otherwise it is default
> - When I use it to connect it does so just fine.
> - But whenever I try to reach anything on the remote network it fails!
>
> So I looked at what would happen if I ping and this is the result:
>
> If I ping by name I get this result:
> c:\>ping dc02
>
> Pinging dc02.bredbandsbolaget.se [208.67.217.132] with 32 bytes of
> data:
>
> Request timed out.
>
> Ping statistics for 208.67.217.132:
> Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),
>
> But if I use the IP address to do the ping it works:
>
> c:\>ping 10.0.0.7
>
> Pinging 10.0.0.7 with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 10.0.0.7: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=128
>
> Ping statistics for 10.0.0.7:
> Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 188ms, Maximum = 190ms, Average = 189ms
>
> The extra .bredbandsbolaget.se that was added to the name shows the
> name of my ADSL provider so apparently there is a DNS request being
> passed through to another connection rather than the VPN I intended it
> to go through!
>
> The name resolution should go through my HOSTS file since the VPN does
> not for some reason forward the DNS requests either. So I had added
> the server to the hosts file like this:
>
> 10.0.0.7 DC02
>
> *Always* in the past when I have dealt with networking issues it has
> worked to put an entry into the HOSTS file if name resolution did not
> happen.
>
> But now all of a sudden the name resolution is no longer done via the
> hosts file by the looks of it.
>
> I have two recently created XP-Pro SP3 guests thta behave the same
> way.
>
> Finally, ipconfig / all gives this (slightly edited):
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : bredbandsbolaget.se
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-0D-93-36
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.138
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.129
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.129
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.129
>
> PPP adapter AGI-VPN:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.160
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.160
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.7
> 10.0.0.4
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.4
>
>
> Could it be some Windows update issue at play here? Both of the guests
> were allowed to get all of the Windows updates before I started using
> them.
>
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)