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Q: cannot access .local domain/intranet site when connected to the VPN after the IOS 8 update.

After updating to IOS 8. I can no longer access .local sites in our intranet.

 

eg. site.domain.local.

 

I am using the integrated VPN Cisco client. I can access the Sites using the IP address.

 

I have tested it with Safari, Chrome and Skyfire. With the Scany - network scanner I cannot lookup the hostname using the full DNS suffix as stated above.

 

I have also tested with different iPhone and iPads. IOS 7 is still working fine.

 

Anybody else having these problems? I know with IOS 6 there was the same problem and it was solved with the next update.

Posted on Sep 23, 2014 6:52 AM

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Q: cannot access .local domain/intranet site when connected to the VPN after the IOS 8 update.

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  • by Sedat Dogan,

    Sedat Dogan Sedat Dogan Feb 9, 2015 4:42 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Feb 9, 2015 4:42 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    I work for a company employing nearly 5.000 people; and there is a huge intranet service associated so DNS configuration fixes are out of question.. The workaround fix for this problem is unacceptable by our company IT and Apple has to offer another solution for this. I can not use any intranet services provided by our company and I will have to switch to ANDROID or Windows phone if there is no solution in the short term....

  • by Daryl2014,

    Daryl2014 Daryl2014 Feb 11, 2015 2:26 AM in response to Sedat Dogan
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    Feb 11, 2015 2:26 AM in response to Sedat Dogan


    Any update Apple?

     

    We can't access .local over the VPN we have to use the IP Address!

     

    Please can you provide a fix and in the mean time a workaround.

  • by lukaaash,

    lukaaash lukaaash Feb 20, 2015 6:33 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Feb 20, 2015 6:33 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    After we upgraded to latest iOS and OS X, our Apple devices also became unable to resolve .local domains. Changing .local to something else would be very complicated for us as well (we have been using .local for years), so we came up with a different workaround - we wrote a simple "mDNS to DNS proxy server" in Node.js.

     

    However, we are not using a VPN, so I'm not sure whether this helps in that particular scenario. But ot definitely does the trick within our local network. Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether mDNS packets can make it over a VPN. I'm afraid they can't, which means you would have to run the proxy on a machine within the device's local network. But then, it would not be able to perform DNS lookups for .local domains unless the local DNS subsystem is able to resolve them. Alternatively, it would be simple to modify the proxy to resolve the requests using a different method.

     

    If anyone wants to give it a try - the proxy is available as mdns-proxy NPM package and its source code is on GitHub. For more information and the list of current limitations, please check out my blog post.

  • by SantTX,

    SantTX SantTX Mar 16, 2015 7:36 AM in response to clemensg
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    Mar 16, 2015 7:36 AM in response to clemensg

    Similar to the beta versions folks installed earlier, installing the released version iOS 8.2 does not resolve the issue.

  • by Tiry,

    Tiry Tiry Apr 8, 2015 1:00 AM in response to SantTX
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    Apr 8, 2015 1:00 AM in response to SantTX

    Same problem! not only with vpn, with apn connection and wi-fi too.

    OS : yosemite, ios 8.2

    help us!!

  • by davidenco,

    davidenco davidenco Apr 8, 2015 2:04 AM in response to Tiry
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    Apr 8, 2015 2:04 AM in response to Tiry

    Apple don't care about this issue. No point asking them to fix it because to this very day they still do not acknowledge there is an issue. If Jobs was still here, he'd make sure stuff like this wouldn't make it into the public domain. Apple's software these days is crap and it's getting worse.

  • by sebsysmo,

    sebsysmo sebsysmo May 28, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Pete boston
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    May 28, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Pete boston

    Thanks! I've added the .local SOA on my internal DNS server and it has fixed the issue.

  • by Dbgong,

    Dbgong Dbgong Jun 8, 2015 6:57 PM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Jun 8, 2015 6:57 PM in response to d3nnis.c

    Is it solved?

     

    My company is using Zentyal opensource solution. but there is a problem using private dns on VPN environment.

    I have tested Iphone 5s, 6, and etc. OS version is the last version 8.3.

     

    Android phone is all OK.

     

    --_--T

  • by SantTX,

    SantTX SantTX Jun 10, 2015 10:22 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Jun 10, 2015 10:22 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    It appears there is no solution which does not require the involvement of Corporate IT. Would they make the required modification to the server or tell you to use a Windows-based machine?

  • by oroboss,

    oroboss oroboss Jul 3, 2015 11:21 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Jul 3, 2015 11:21 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    after new update to  IOS 8.1, 8.4 it is no longer possible connect to localhost webpages like "http://192.168.2.15/index.htm" when I am connected to my local wifi. network. Apple please fix that it is a HUGE BUG !! ... every other device is working including PC,android only new IOS is not..

  • by Selcam,

    Selcam Selcam Jul 7, 2015 8:48 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Jul 7, 2015 8:48 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    Hi all,

     

    Is https://bugreport.apple.com/ the right place to report end user bug like this ?

    If yes, I would suggest everyone of us facing this issue should report it to get more attention.

  • by acadrop,

    acadrop acadrop Sep 8, 2015 9:41 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Sep 8, 2015 9:41 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    hello guys, do you know any new about that?, actually im waiting the fix por IOS 8.4.x

     

    thanks in advance.

     

    Regards

    IT

  • by SantTX,

    SantTX SantTX Oct 9, 2015 10:28 AM in response to d3nnis.c
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    Oct 9, 2015 10:28 AM in response to d3nnis.c

    The issue is fixed in iOS 9.0.2.

  • by kuenn,

    kuenn kuenn Oct 27, 2015 10:17 PM in response to SantTX
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    Oct 27, 2015 10:17 PM in response to SantTX

    fyi, i just did a similar test with my intranet DNS  <domainname>.home.

    tested Internet and Intranet access yield the following outcome

    - Window10x64 works for browser Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Chrome

    - Samsung Note2 Android 4.4.2 works for Samsung Native Browser, Firefox, Chrome

    - iPhone6 IOS 9.1 and nothing works. Browser tested Safari, Chrome

     

    all recommendation from the email trail done. still fail.

    any resolution in sight?

  • by dehsgr,

    dehsgr dehsgr Oct 28, 2015 4:32 AM in response to kuenn
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    Oct 28, 2015 4:32 AM in response to kuenn

    The solution that works reliable is to add a new zone (.local/.home) to your DNS servers and provide a SOA entry pointing to your DNS.

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