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FortiDave
FortiDave
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May 26, 2022
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Forticlient DNS Resolution / Split tunnelling on Mobile Devices

  • May 26, 2022
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Hi all,

 

I have implement Forticlient VPN with Azure SSO, and all seems to be working well. However I cant resolve hostnames, unless I specify the full suffix i.e. http://webserver.mycompany.lan, whereas on laptops / desktops I can reach it with http://webserver. 

 

Is there something different with how mobile devices do DNS?

 

I found the following tech doc, which outlines updating "set dns-suffix"

 

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.0.0/ios-administration-guide/597536/features

 

I just dont want to impact anything thats currently working. We have a lot of VPN clients.

 

Thanks.

Best answer by jhussain_FTNT

Hi,

 

You need to configure the DNS suffix if you are using split tunnel and you  required to resolve server names  on the mobile device.

 

Kindly refer the below document for configuring the DNS suffix.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-set-DNS-suffix-for-VPN-SSL-and-IPsec-in-the/ta-p/194750?externalID=FD37484

 

Regards

Jamal

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jhussain_FTNT
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jhussain_FTNTAnswer
Staff
May 26, 2022

Hi,

 

You need to configure the DNS suffix if you are using split tunnel and you  required to resolve server names  on the mobile device.

 

Kindly refer the below document for configuring the DNS suffix.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-set-DNS-suffix-for-VPN-SSL-and-IPsec-in-the/ta-p/194750?externalID=FD37484

 

Regards

Jamal

    FortiDave
    FortiDaveAuthor
    Explorer
    May 26, 2022

    Great thanks. Will check that out.

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