Re: VPN - why do I need IP address

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Because there is not a suitable DNS entry in place behind the VPN/Firewall ?  

I use VPN for our system all the time and never us an IP address.

Can't give you details because I din't set it up - but I can find out if nobody else can tell you.


On 2013-10-25, at 12:15 PM, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All,
>
> Ignorance question.  When I use our VPN to "get to the office" from my home
> or elsewhere, why do I have to use IP address (192.168.0.xxx) for RDP
> instead of being able to use the server name?
>
> Over the years we've been through 3 different VPNs and this has been true
> of all of them.  I have always thought that once I VPN'ed in, I was on the
> LAN.  Yet for RDP I always need to use IP address or it can't find the
> server I want.  Is it because the PC I am using remotely is not on the
> office domain?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Jeff Crosby
> VP Information Systems
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> www.dilgardfoods.com
>
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> company.  Unless I say so.
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