VPN DNS issues on windows 7 and NOT windows XP
I have deployment of 6 MDT's (Mobile data terminals) on my vehicles (fire trucks). Two terminals have been in service for some time now and run Win XP pro service pack 3. There is a Cisco AnyConnect client that connects with a certificate to the county server and recieves the CAD data. I use Verizon air cards (3G and now 4G). The Verizon card gets service and then or course the VPN connects across it to the county server. I have to manually assign the county DNS address for the air card to allow the computers to properly connect and surf the web. The air card holds this manual DNS and work fine in. When the VPN connects it will "manually" assign an IP, subnet, and gateway. It does not show a DNS. On the XP machines this is not a problem, the web works fine. On the Win 7 machine I have the problem. The air card DNS is manually assigned like the XP and the VPN is the same (no DNS noted). This here is the problem. unlike the XP the Win7 machine will NOT negotiate DNS across the tunnel and will NOT surf the web. I can fix this by entering the county DNS into the VPN manually but it removes this entry every time it reconnects. This cant stay this way becuase the average user will never figure out how to go here and re-assign it every time. Interestingly if I connect across wireless at the station and bypass the air card I have the same problem. Works XP not 7. All machines are Toshiba T900 tablets, same vpn, same air card. What do I have to change, switch etc in Win 7 to make this work? Can anyone add some help?
January 13th, 2011 10:32am

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