yeah, hosts work but you have to go through steps to edit it, dont recall what all they were, i think you have to rename it, edit it, then copy it back
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 1:37 PM Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > On Windows you used to open the Hosts file and enter the ‘alias’ name you > wanted and what it pointed to and it would work. > > > > Not sure if that still works, or if you need something more in Windows 10. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of * Paul McCall > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:27 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DNS Suffix > > > > I agree it should be trivial. In our case, we have a domain name where > ALL internal equipment has a DNS forward have A records for (and in most > cases reverses), and we prefix that domain name with a zone for each > tower. So, it would be router.towername.ourdomain.com, > sitemon.towername.ourdomain.com etc. Used to be able to add > ourdomain.com to the DNS Suffix and just be able to refer to the piece of > gear as router.towername and the rest would get internally applied. It > stopped functioning with Win 10, even though it has the same setup. > > > > Paul > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:41 PM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DNS Suffix > > > > More like you telnet to "foo" and the computer fills in foo.bar.net. I > understand how it could be convenient, but I've never really relied on it. > > I do not know the answer to the question. It was definitely a trivial > feature in older Windows versions, so I'm surprised it isn't trivial still. > > -Adam > > > > On 9/17/2019 9:51 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I may be showing my ignorance, but what is a DNS suffix? I assume you > don’t mean tld, like .com or .net. > > > > Is this a feature where if you don’t enter a domain name, it fills in a > default? Like if your domain is foo.bar and you address an email to just > paul, it assumes you mean p...@foo.bar? > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Paul McCall > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:56 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] DNS Suffix > > > > Anybody know the magic secret of how to make DNS suffixes actually work in > Windows 10. > > > > Mine stopped working when I upgrade to Windows 10 a couple years ago, and > I never got around to figuring it out. Under TCP/IPv4, advanced, DNS, > Append these….. it seems to ignore it. On my home computer (workgroup) I > have it defined and it lists the primary suffix in ipconfig /all. On my > office domain, I have 2 suffixes defined, one shows up in ipconfig, yet > doesn’t not work. > > > > Googled a bit, no success. PIA > > > > Paul > > > > *Paul McCall, President * > > *Florida Broadband / PDMNet* > > *658 Old Dixie Highway* > > *Vero Beach, FL 32962* > > *772-564-6800* > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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