Message from discussion Problem with DNS Lookup behind XP Firewall

From: "Sooner Al" <Soone...@somewhere.net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Problem with DNS Lookup behind XP Firewall
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:37:08 -0600
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My solution, on a small SOHO LAN, is to use a host file on my remote PC to map IP addresses to a 
name. Note this is a work group environment. Hopefully one of the other MVPs or another 
knowledgeable person can be of further assistance...

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"Richard Tubb" <rich...@netlinktrading.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> We've recently rolled out Windows XP SP2 to our remote users and have enabled the XP Firewall on 
> all network connections, including the VPN connection to the main office.
>
> We are now experiencing problems wherein users can't access PC's on the remote domain by name, 
> only by IP address, when connected via VPN. Turning off the XP Firewall for the VPN immediately 
> solves this problem - so the issue appears to be with DNS lookup through the XP Firewall.
>
> Is there a way to add an exception to the firewall to allow these lookups? File and Print Sharing 
> is enabled on all Firewall entries and incoming ICMP exceptions are enabled.
>
> I'm a little baffled as why this setup doesn't work, but would be grateful for any advice from 
> somebody with more experience of Firewalls! Am I wrong to try and firewall the VPN connection in 
> the first place?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Tubb.
> www.netlinktrading.co.uk
>