DHCP Settings for DNS Suffix

What kind of DHCP server are you running?

If you are running DHCP from a home router, you can try adding the "domain name" to the router.  If you cannot do that on your router, then you don't have much of a choice.

If you are using Windows' DHCP, then go to your DHCP mmc, go to "scope Options", and add "DNS Domain Name" (typically option 15) and type in your suffix.

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Running MS DHCT (windows 2003 server), I can add "domain name" but i would need to add 5 entries into the "append these DNS suffix" of the w2k client

try adding "suffix1; suffix2; suffix3; suffix4; suffix5"

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Sorry above did not work - there seems to be no Solution to this!

I ran a reg search on a bogus domain that I added on a W2K3 machine and found the domain in the following locations:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\SearchList  suffix1,suffix2,suffix3
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\SearchList  suffix1,suffix2,suffix3

You could try importing the values into each workstation via a script.  This is how I am doing it.  I could not find options within the DHCP scope that would add the extra suffix.

Yes did that as a temporary solution 2 weeks ago, but this required a vistit to all PC's (1.300 or so) - so this was quite a bit of work!

- still search for a automated solution.

thanks anyway swincp.

LotharGores-  Here's your solution:  https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20654099/Need-to-add-DNS-search-suffix-search-order-on-all-workstations.html
DHCP/2000 server/proffessional does not support multiple suffixes..
hope it helps

Looks good to me, just do not understand how to apply this - can you help - I am increasing the Points!!

I have found this very usefull util:

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/1711.html

Nice GUI interface with Registry integration!!

Thanks again

works for windows too??

Yes this is a windows Tool!

cool thanks for the info and of course my first point...
Cheers