Windows Remote Access Service: Problems and Shortcomings
All versions of Windows allow incoming VPN connections of several different types to be established from external locations. For desktop systems, the user adds an Incoming Connections adapter to the Windows network configuration and then configures the adapter via its Properties window. For server systems, the Routing and Remote Access Management snap-in is used for configuration, but such systems will not be discussed here.

Problems

The following problems with the Remote Access Service have been observed on all Windows Desktop systems:

The first problem is due to the fact that the Remote Access service does not supply a DNS Server address to the client. Windows-based clients send a DHCP Inform request to the server to obtain the needed address, but Apple IOS-based clients do not, unless the "Send All Traffic" option is Off.

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