What do I enter when asked for FQDN (fully qualified domain name), for a PC that's not in a domain but in a WORKGROUP instead?
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Depends on what's asking. What's asking?– HopelessN00bOct 17, 2012 at 19:31
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@HopelessN00b Lync server installation. I am trying to install it on a standalone server that can't have domain controller, and I can't join a domain hosted on another server, because it runs 2003.– Eternal21Oct 17, 2012 at 20:47
3 Answers
Workgroup computers don't have an FQDN unless you specifically configure them to have one. They have only a NetBIOS (single label) name.
Also, don't confuse the Primary DNS suffix with the DNS suffix search list as assigned by DHCP because they're two different things.
For Windows PCs you can check with:
ipconfig /all
Giving:
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PCNAME
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : local
FQDN = Hostname + Primary DNS Suffix
So in this case: PCNAME.local
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No, that's actually wrong. It's only PCNAME.local if your DNS suffix is
local
. Oct 17, 2012 at 19:32 -
Obviousbly, when dns DNS suffix is empty, you'll get: PCNAME + null = PCNAME:) Sep 28, 2014 at 8:19