Using SSH Sentinel 1.4 and a DLink 804V VPN router, I followed some step-by-step instructions found in and have successfully made a VPN connection from home to the router. Two obvious problems hit me as soon as I tried to use this setup, though.
First, my connection to any other Internet-located hosts aside from the VPN router was cut, I could not ping anywhere externally, neither by IP address nor hostname.
Second, I could only connect to these machines by IP address, not by their hostnames.
It sounded exclusively like a DNS issue, but that doesn't explain not being able to access other hosts by IP address. I have not been able to solve this problem yet and don't see any obvious problems at this point. Was hoping someone here might be able to help me a bit. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
First, my connection to any other Internet-located hosts aside from the VPN router was cut, I could not ping anywhere externally, neither by IP address nor hostname.
Second, I could only connect to these machines by IP address, not by their hostnames.
It sounded exclusively like a DNS issue, but that doesn't explain not being able to access other hosts by IP address. I have not been able to solve this problem yet and don't see any obvious problems at this point. Was hoping someone here might be able to help me a bit. Any advice is greatly appreciated!