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user55029
Asked: 2012-01-24 21:32:17 +0800 CST

Force Outlook 2007/2010 to use IP Address for Exchange Server instead of host name

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Background

My VPN connection does not have its own Network adapter as a result all DNS queries are sent down my Internet connection. My VPN connection works fine handling requests to a specific IP address range: 192.168.x.x.

The Question

I want to specify my Server in my outlook account settings using an IP address so Outlook can connect to Exchange over my VPN. However when I change the setting it goes off finds the host names and uses that instead - as a result when trying connect over VPN cannot connect as cannot resolve the host name. How can I force it to use the IP address??

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Add an entry to the Windows host file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file, which will make Windows use the IP address you specify instead of querying DNS when resolving the host.

    For example:

    192.168.0.254   my_exchange_server.domain.local

    Works perfectly!

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