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Topic: What's the correct way to set up DNS for two networks connected by VPN

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Post #1
exobyte
26 Apr 2007, 22:22

I have to network in different subnets connected by a VPN.  There are routes from one network to the other.

What's the right way to set up DNS so I can resolve names for all machines in the network?

Should I put each network in a subdomain (foo.lan and bar.lan), give one the top level .lan, the other foo.lan, or leave both in .lan, and set up the dns (s for server) to send unfulfilled requests to another server?


The "correct" answer should work if another network and vpn tunnel are added (2 client VPNs, 1 server).

Can dnsmasq handle this, or do I need to switch to something like bind?

Post #2
booboo-001
25 Jun 2007, 17:35

Hi.

Any news? I am also interested.

I have added following lines to /etc/dnsmasq.conf:

domain=domain.local
server=/domain.local/192.168.1.9
server=/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/192.168.1.9

Computers behind VPN client can resolve names behind VPN server. But can dnsmasq register its clients to external DNS (192.168.1.9) in order to computers behind VPN server could resolve VPN clients names?

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