Windows 10: Setup of alternate DNS name for domain

I want to setup a different DNS name on my network. IE: current something like 123.com yes someone before me set that up and I also want to have ab.cde.local.Any help would be apreciated.This is to facilitate the rename of the domain at some point the ab.cde.local domain and removal of the 123.com. I do have trust that will probably need to be rebuilt when that happens.

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Additional DNS suffixes not checked if there's a dot in the partial domain name

Windows has always had the "Append these DNS suffixes" list in network adapter (IPv4) properties.

However, there's a difference in behavior between nslookup.exe and windows itself.

I wish I could find a workaround for this...

I have a forest of domains, names masked for security, length kept approximately intact.

External domain, registered, used for e-mail etc.: aaaaaaaaa.net

Internal top level AD domain: bbb.aaaaaaaaa.net.

(Having bbb there allows for split DNS, base domain forwarded to external server, only bbb and subdomains DNS-hosted internally in AD.)

Child domains: ccccccc.bbb.aaaaaaaaa.net, dddddddd.bbb.aaaaaaaaa.net, etc.

A server name may look like, for example, ccccccc-serv3.ccccccc.bbb.aaaaaaaaa.net

To avoid a lot of typing, I decided to try and add "bbb.aaaaaaaaa.net" to the DNS suffix list, but it turns out to be useless.

It works in nslookup.exe:

Code:

nslookup ccccccc-serv3.ccccccc
Server:  zzzzzzzz.bbb.aaaaaaaaa.netAddress:  10.250.9.1

Code:

Non-authoritative answer:Name:    ccccccc-serv3.ccccccc.bbb.aaaaaaaaa.netAddress:  10.13.1.9

But that's the only place where it works, if there is a period in the name being looked up.

Code:

ping ccccccc-serv3.ccccccc
Ping request could not find host ccccccc-serv3.ccccccc. Please check the name and try again.

Same when trying to connect to a share, trying to connect with RDP, etc.

Why can't Windows' built in network support treat this the way nslookup does?

 

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Setting up DNS on serer 2008 R2

this is confusing. do you want to setup a DNS server on the windows box or do you want to just assign an domain name to your ip?