I've been successfully adding machines to my domain for years without needing to append .local to the names. Recently, however, I'm facing an issue where if I don't add .local, I get an error saying it can't find a Domain Controller. Does anyone know what's going on?
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Yep, it's almost always DNS problems. If your network's DHCP is configured differently or if there are firewall settings at play, it can result in a different suffix than what you are used to. A misconfigured Windows server can also create issues like .local.local on lookups.
This sounds like a DNS issue. Check your DNS suffix search list; it might have changed. It's usually something to do with DNS, especially if you're not using a Windows DNS server.
That was my first thought too!