What's FQDN of a WORKGROUP pc?

Question

What do I enter when asked for FQDN (fully qualified domain name), for a PC that's not in a domain but in a WORKGROUP instead?

@HopelessN00b Lync server installation. I am trying to install it on a standalone server that can't have domain controller, and I can't join a domain hosted on another server, because it runs 2003. — Eternal21, Oct 17 '12 at 20:47

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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For Windows PCs you can check with:

ipconfig /all

Giving:

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PCNAME

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : local

FQDN = Hostname + Primary DNS Suffix

So in this case: PCNAME.local

edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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answered Oct 17 '12 at 18:57

Nicovs_be

No, that's actually wrong. It's only PCNAME.local if your DNS suffix is `local`. – HopelessN00b Oct 17 '12 at 19:32
Obviousbly, when dns DNS suffix is empty, you'll get: PCNAME + null = PCNAME:) – Nicovs_be Sep 28 '14 at 08:19

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '12 at 21:01

Workgroup computers don't have an FQDN unless you specifically configure them to have one. They have only a NetBIOS (single label) name.

Also, don't confuse the Primary DNS suffix with the DNS suffix search list as assigned by DHCP because they're two different things.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 17 '12 at 16:59

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It would be PCNAME.

That's PCNAME plus a dot.

answered Oct 17 '12 at 16:59

jesusbolivar

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