Sonicwall NetExtender VPN Lion DNS Problem
I've just installed the SonicWALL SSL-VPN NetExtender version 5.5.707 on my iMac in order to connect to my office VPN. I'm also using a similar client on a MS Windows 7 notebook computer.
On my iMac, I can install the software and do connect to my office. Connectivity appears to work; for example I can visit an internal website by ip address.
However, DNS lookup does not work. I see that the NetExtender client does indicate the connect DNS servers and domain. However, my mac cannot resolve any address on my internal network.
Looking in the log, I do see messages indicating "Monitoring namserver:" and "Monitoring DNS suffix:" that seem to be what I would expect.
I also saw some messages like this:
03/17/2012 19:05:27.833 [dns | warn | 9640] Fixed DNS settings 6 times in a row; giving up for 1 minute |
Have others had success with NetExtender and Lion 10.7.3?
Here is a log (with ip and domain names replaces by xxx and yyy)
03/17/2012 19:56:23.623 [connect info 10070] NetExtender interface up
03/17/2012 19:56:24.625 [dns notice 10070] DNS settings were backed up successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:24.636 [dns notice 10070] DNS settings were configured successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:24.636 [general info 10070] Setting up DNS suffix: yy.foo.fr
03/17/2012 19:56:24.638 [general info 10070] Flushing DNS cache
03/17/2012 19:56:24.656 [general info 10070] Flushing ARP cache
03/17/2012 19:56:24.672 [general info 10075] Monitoring processes: nx=9251, pppd=10059
03/17/2012 19:56:24.672 [dns info 10075] Monitoring nameserver: xx.xxx.244.xx
03/17/2012 19:56:24.672 [dns info 10075] Monitoring nameserver: xx.xxx.245.xx
03/17/2012 19:56:24.673 [dns info 10075] Monitoring DNS suffix: yy.yyy.fr
03/17/2012 19:56:28.692 [dns warn 10075] DNS server xx.xxx.244.xx is no longer configured locally
03/17/2012 19:56:28.692 [dns warn 10075] DNS server xx.xxx.245.xx is no longer configured locally
03/17/2012 19:56:28.717 [general info 10076] NetExtender DNS helper launched
03/17/2012 19:56:28.717 [dns notice 10076] DNS settings were backed up successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:28.718 [dns notice 10076] DNS settings were configured successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:28.718 [general info 10076] Setting up DNS suffix: rd.francetelecom.fr
03/17/2012 19:56:28.720 [general info 10076] Flushing DNS cache
03/17/2012 19:56:28.727 [general info 10076] Flushing ARP cache
03/17/2012 19:56:33.903 [dns warn 10075] DNS server xx.xxx.244.xx is no longer configured locally
03/17/2012 19:56:33.903 [dns warn 10075] DNS server xx.xxx.245.xx is no longer configured locally
03/17/2012 19:56:34.029 [general info 10079] NetExtender DNS helper launched
03/17/2012 19:56:34.030 [dns notice 10079] DNS settings were backed up successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:34.031 [dns notice 10079] DNS settings were configured successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:34.031 [general info 10079] Setting up DNS suffix: yy.yyy.fr
03/17/2012 19:56:34.032 [general info 10079] Flushing DNS cache
03/17/2012 19:56:34.039 [general info 10079] Flushing ARP cache
03/17/2012 19:56:39.048 [dns warn 10075] DNS server xx.xxx.244.xx is no longer configured locally
03/17/2012 19:56:39.048 [dns warn 10075] DNS server xx.xxx.245.xx is no longer configured locally
03/17/2012 19:56:39.070 [general info 10082] NetExtender DNS helper launched
03/17/2012 19:56:39.071 [dns notice 10082] DNS settings were backed up successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:39.072 [dns notice 10082] DNS settings were configured successfully
03/17/2012 19:56:39.072 [general info 10082] Setting up DNS suffix: yy.yyy.fr
03/17/2012 19:56:39.073 [general info 10082] Flushing DNS cache
03/17/2012 19:56:39.081 [general info 10082] Flushing ARP cache
03/17/2012 19:56:39.085 [dns warn 10075] Fixed DNS settings 3 times in a row; giving up for 1 minute
Thanks.
Mac OS X (10.7.3), Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.33 GHz, 8 GB, ATI Radeon HD 4670