Connected to the wrong server

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I have recently setup a new Domino server in the same domain. When connected on the intranet in the office (IP: 199.5.83.182) I can connect to the new server without any problems.

At home I connect to the intranet with VPN. The address I get is: 10.0.0.4. When trying to connect to the new server it seems to be impossible. The trace utility give following results:

Determining path to server /Certifier

Available Ports: TCPIP

Checking normal priority connection documents only…

Allowing wild card connection documents…

Enabling name service requests and probes…

Requesting address of /Certifier from /Certifier on TCPIP

Using address ‘199.5.83.101’ for /Certifier on TCPIP

Address ‘’ returned for /Certifier on TCPIP

Verifying address ‘’ for /Certifier on TCPIP

Connected to the wrong server /Certifier using address

Connected to the wrong server /Certifier using address

Unable to connect to /Certifier on TCPIP (Connection denied. The server you connected to has a different name from the one requested.)

Checking for /Certifier on TCPIP using address ‘/Certifier’

Using address ‘199.5.83.100’ for /Certifier on TCPIP

Connected to the wrong server /Certifier using address 199.5.83.100

Using address ‘/Certifier’ for /Certifier’ on TCPIP

Unable to connect to /Certifier: The remote server is not a known TCP/IP host.

Checking for /Certifier on TCPIP using address ‘’

Unable to connect to Web/Pap on TCPIP (The remote server is not a known TCP/IP host.)

Checking low and normal priority connection documents…

Local network connection document found for /Certifier

Verifying address ‘199.5.83.100’ for /Certifier on TCPIP

Connected to the wrong server <oldserver>/Certifier using address 199.5.83.100

Connected to the wrong server <oldserver>/Certifier using address 199.5.83.100

Unable to connect to <newserver>/Certifier' on TCPIP (Connection denied. The server you connected to has a different name from the one requested.)

No default passthru server defined

Unable to find any path to /Certifier because Connection denied. The server you connected to has a different name from the one requested.

I have created connection document both both server in my local address book. A connection document also exists in the address book of the <oldserver/Certifier>.

I have checked DNS entries in our DNS server.

The IP from the old server is: 199.5.83.101

The IP from the new server is: 199.5.83.100

Why does the client request the address of the new server from the old server although I have a relevant connection document? Can I disable this?

I have searched the forum but could not find any help.

Thank a lot for any support.

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Subject: Connected to the wrong server

I’m no expert here but is your VPN correct?

Question - is the 199.5.83.182 an INTERNET address? (it seems so), if so, then on the VPN side, wouldn’t you need the internal IP address for your domino server? i.e. 10.0.0.1, or the computer name for the server, i.e. box1234_domain.

If the Domino is configured to allow you to hit it from the internet, then all you would need to enter in your connection is the 199.5.83.182, without invoking the VPN.

If you are using the VPN, then the connection document in Notes for that location should use the internal IP address, server alias, or computer name of the server.

I’ll preface with, “I THINK” :slight_smile:

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Subject: Connected to the wrong server - Solved

It was a mistake with the routing of the VPN server. All requests on port 1352 were routed to the server with IP 199.5.83.101.

Thanks for your feedback anyway.