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iPhone PPTP cannot use VPN DNS server

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Mar 15, 20266709 views
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My PPTP server allows my laptop to resolve internal domain names fine and I can see that the DHCP server is handing my PPTP client the proper DHCP settings. When I connect through the iPhone, I don't seem to be able to resolve domain names. When I have "Send All Traffic" turned ON in the VPN config…

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Fix for: iPhone PPTP cannot use VPN DNS server

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I found the same problem, it looks like a bug on iPhone's handling of PPTP. It works if you configure PPTP to assign DNS servers which are globally reachable (eg: Google's 8.8.8.8), but not if the DNS are within the VPN themselves. A workaround is t…

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