I've been successfully adding machines to the domain for years without needing to append .local to the name. Recently, however, I've encountered an issue where if I don't add .local, the system throws an error that it can't find a domain controller. What's changed? Any ideas on why this is happening?
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Totally agree, it's always DNS. You might want to double-check if anything's changed in your DHCP or firewall settings that could affect DNS. If you're not on a Windows DNS server, your suffix could indeed be different now.
Interesting! I heard something similar about Win11 machines. Is that what you're working with? Seems like they sometimes need a different naming convention compared to older versions.
Sounds like it might be a DNS issue. Have you checked your DNS suffix search list? Sometimes, if your DNS isn't configured correctly, it causes problems like this. It's kind of the go-to explanation for network issues, you know?
Yeah, I was thinking the same! DNS settings can really play a big role here.
You're probably right, it's definitely DNS-related. If you're not using a Windows DNS server or if there's a misconfiguration in your network, that could cause your domain joins to fail. Had a similar experience where the lookups were appending .local.local due to a bad setup on the DNS server.
Exactly! It's often overlooked, but DNS settings can easily trip you up.