openvpn: accessing server via name

[Chuck]

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I have an OpenVPN connection between two PCs over the Internet. I am
only able to access the server using the private LAN address of
10.8.0.1. How can I get the server to automatically "publish" it's name
to the client as if I were on the LAN? (The client is a wireless laptop
and When I'm on the LAN, I can access the server by it's name. On the
VPN I have to use the IP address.)

Thanks.

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In message <1123518980.4e4201e71fed7b1f81b10e21b4a17d04@bubbanews>, Chuck
<skilover_nospam@softhome.net> wrote:

> I have an OpenVPN connection between two PCs over the Internet. I am
> only able to access the server using the private LAN address of
> 10.8.0.1. How can I get the server to automatically "publish" it's name
> to the client as if I were on the LAN? (The client is a wireless laptop
> and When I'm on the LAN, I can access the server by it's name. On the
> VPN I have to use the IP address.)

The simplest way is to use OpenVPN in a bridging configration.

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