Our (active directory, windows-server-based) intranet used to be called "intranet", and DNS worked fine for windows machines and iPads/Android devices.
We have changed it to be "apps.intranet", and it still works for windows machines, but no longer for iPads/Android devices.
I think this is because out windows clients are configured to append .company.com when searching DNS, to make it a fully qualified lookup (this search suffix list is pushed to the PCs via AD group policies).
I must admit, though, I don't know why it worked with just "intranet"!
Does anyone know if it's possible to get DNS to "tell" the iPads/Android devices to append .company.com … or how we can make it work some other way (but still using the multi-label, non-qualified DNS names) ?
Thanks!
Best Answer
Take a look at your DHCP server, are you supplying the option for a search suffix to your scopes?