Dynamic DNS registration for VPN clients

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Published on 2010-05-07T21:56:18Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 21:59 UTC
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I've got a VPN server set up in my Active Directory on a remote network. (VPN Server is separate box from DNS/AD) When I dial into the network (client machine is not a member of the AD) the machine does not register its IP or Hostname in the DNS. I've played with all possible combinations of DHCP and RRAS-allocated IP pools, and none of them seem to cause my client to register. Is it because my client has to be a member of the domain? Are there some security settins I can tweak so that it can register its hostname/ip? I've looked in the event logs (System and Security) for the AD, DNS, DHCP, RRAS, and the client machine, and don't see anything relating to DNS Registration.

Here's the IPConfig on the client machine (once connected):

PPP adapter My VPN Name:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : mydomain.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : My VPN Name
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.22(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.52   <- DC1
                                       192.168.1.53   <- DC2
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

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