Enter only the host name and no domain for local searches

If you have an intranet or you frequently access local network resources through a web browser or other application that requires you to enter host names, you might prefer not to type the domain name each time. For example, assume your intranet includes the site www.mydomain.com (where mydomain.com is your local domain). Rather than type www.mydomain.com to browse the site, you want to type just www in the address bar of your browser. You can configure your computer to automatically append your local domain for unqualified host names, saving you the trouble of typing it.

Append domain names for local DNS searches

The DNS properties for the TCP/IP protocol on your computer determine how Windows 2000 handles unqualified host names for lookup. You can configure Windows 2000 to append your global and connection-specific domain names, or append a selected set of domain names:

  1. Open the Network and Dial-Up Connections folder, right-click the connection, and choose Properties.

  2. Click Advanced and click the DNS tab.

  3. Select options using the following list as a guide:

    Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes

    Select this option to have Windows 2000 append the primary DNS suffix (defined through the Network Identification tab—right-click My Computer and choose Properties) and the connection-specific DNS suffix (defined on the DNS tab) to unqualified host names prior to resolving them.

    Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix ...

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