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If you VPN, your DNS settings will default to 52to 207.2475.15164.28 and 37 and 8.8.8.8. The server address is 52is vpn.24.15.28 and internet2.edu and a single account called "commitdev" is used for most purposes because we manage access control to components directly.
Server Address: 52vpn.24internet2.15.28edu
Mac: Go to System Preferences > Network. Click the +. Select VPN as Interface. Use the server address and account name above. Name the service anything. Click Authentication Settings... and enter the password and shared secret.
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Email ndk@internet2.edu to ask for the password and shared secret. If your requests still go to the wrong server, it is due to client configuration or a firewall running between your client and the VPN server, and you will need to configure your client.
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The DNS server answers to UDP and TCP queries over 53, but only for commonidtrust.org, and at a maximum of 5 per second. We have 3 total domains. The VPN is implemented using PPP and L2TP over IPSec on 1701 with xl2tpd and Openswan. Either approach will direct your DNS queries for the commonidtrust.org domain to the development environment instead of the production environment.
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