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There should be absolutely no difference between the PCs and mobile devices when it comes to DNS resolution. The only reasons that you could have a problem are: <br />
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1. if you didn't connect the mobile devices to your internal network (over wifi, presumably). If they are using their cellular connection, then they wonuldn't have any way to connceto the the internal LAN addresses<br />
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2. Or the mobile devices aren't using the correct DNS server (whici probably means that the DHCP server isn't providing the correct settings). Go into the network settings on the mobile devices and verify that the DNS server being used is the internal one on your LAN
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There should be absolutely no difference between the PCs and mobile devices when it comes to DNS resolution. The only reasons that you could have a problem are:

1. if you didn't connect the mobile devices to your internal network (over wifi, presumably). If they are using their cellular connection, then they wonuldn't have any way to connceto the the internal LAN addresses

2. Or the mobile devices aren't using the correct DNS server (whici probably means that the DHCP server isn't providing the correct settings). Go into the network settings on the mobile devices and verify that the DNS server being used is the internal one on your LAN

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We are looking to begin using Android and iOS devices on our network to access various internal websites. &nbsp;It appears that the only way to access these sites is to specify the FQDN as the address as it does not appear to be able to get the DNS suffix as Windows machines do. &nbsp;Is there anyway around this as we want our users to be able to simply type <a href="http://servername" rel="ugc">http://servername</a>&nbsp;instead of the FQDN if possible
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We are looking to begin using Android and iOS devices on our network to access various internal websites.  It appears that the only way to access these sites is to specify the FQDN as the address as it does not appear to be able to get the DNS suffix as Windows machines do.  Is there anyway around this as we want our users to be able to simply type http://servername instead of the FQDN if possible

Android, iOS append DNS Suffix

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android's user interface is based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. In addition to touchscreen devices, variants of Android are also used on notebooks, game consoles, digital cameras, televisions, automobiles and other electronics. Applications are usually developed in Java programming language using the Android software development kit (SDK), but other development environments are also available, including Delphi, Ruby and Visual Studio (using C++).

Android

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

iOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple; it is a derivative of the Mac OS X desktop operating system, with which it shares many (but not all) common frameworks and other components. These include Cocoa Touch, the Mach/Darwin/XNU kernel and code from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Each iOS application runs in its own secure sandbox to prevent altering other applications, the operating system, or any other data.