[Openvpn-users] outlook problems on VPN'ed connection

["jimbo jones" <jdvuyk_crap@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,
I have a successfull OpenVPN connection setup between 2 windows machine but 
passing through a linux firewall:

| Win2k Office PC| ---------|Firewall| ------------- |WinXP Road warrior|
      outlook
          |
          |
          V
|Exchange server|

Everything basically work fine.  I can ping, map drives, move documents 
around and generally work normally.  The main issue I have is that if I 
decide to open outlook whilst a VPN connection is present on the office 
(win2k) machine, outlook will not find the local office exchange server on 
the network.  If outlook is already open when the connection is established 
there is no problems.  However if outlook is closed and reopened, it fails 
as it cannot find the server. When the VPN is removed, outlook returns to 
normal operation.  I need outlook to behave normally regardless of a VPN 
connection.

This doesnt seem to be a direct issue with OVPN but it is certainly causing 
strange behaviour.  It seems that outlook directs 'server-find' traffic down 
the OVPN connection and doesnt use the local network connection for server 
discovery.  Its very strange behavior however I am hoping that other users 
may have come across this issue and know of a fix or work around.

Any ideas?

Cheers in advance.
Jamie

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