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Changing the local domain when upgrading

 
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Pat
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:18 am    Post subject: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003 soon.
Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime next year I was
thinking of changing the internal domain from "*.local" to *.lan" during the
upgrade, as I've heard this will simply the process of adding Mac clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am hiring
someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the question in
case there are some caveats to this the consultant may not be aware of.

Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.

Have a good New Year!

Pat
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Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
Guest
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:56 am    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
Pat wrote:

Quote:
Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003
soon. Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime
next year I was thinking of changing the internal domain from
"*.local" to *.lan" during the upgrade, as I've heard this will
simply the process of adding Mac clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am
hiring someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the
question in case there are some caveats to this the consultant may
not be aware of.

You don't actually need to change the domain from *.local - as long as
you know about it, a Mac can be reconfigured to work with a "real"
..local domain.

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Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
Guest
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:30 am    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
What Steve said...

Fixing the ".local" Problem in Mac OS X
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/2004/09/fixing_the_loca.shtml

More Mac stuff from Eriq Neale's site
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/macintosh/index.shtml

But if you're planning on a clean install fo SBS 2003, changing to .lan or
..loc or anything but .local may be a good idea.

--
Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"Pat" <pat@reemoovethismp-m.com> wrote in message
news:OVQI3a47EHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003 soon.
Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime next year I was
thinking of changing the internal domain from "*.local" to *.lan" during
the
upgrade, as I've heard this will simply the process of adding Mac clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am
hiring
someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the question in
case there are some caveats to this the consultant may not be aware of.

Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.

Have a good New Year!

Pat


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Dagwood Bumstead
Guest
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
is there a clear winner in the standard of what to use other .local?
A web site I saw mentioned .internal

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:30:49 -0500, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
<mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote:

Quote:
What Steve said...

Fixing the ".local" Problem in Mac OS X
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/2004/09/fixing_the_loca.shtml

More Mac stuff from Eriq Neale's site
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/macintosh/index.shtml

But if you're planning on a clean install fo SBS 2003, changing to .lan or
.loc or anything but .local may be a good idea.
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
Guest
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
No winner that I know of. I use .lan.

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Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"Dagwood Bumstead" <dagwood@jcdithers.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
is there a clear winner in the standard of what to use other .local?
A web site I saw mentioned .internal

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:30:49 -0500, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote:

What Steve said...

Fixing the ".local" Problem in Mac OS X
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/2004/09/fixing_the_loca.shtml

More Mac stuff from Eriq Neale's site
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/macintosh/index.shtml

But if you're planning on a clean install fo SBS 2003, changing to .lan
or
.loc or anything but .local may be a good idea.
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Pat
Guest
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xn0drohshejsngp002@msnews.microsoft.com...
Quote:
Pat wrote:

Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003
soon. Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime
next year I was thinking of changing the internal domain from
"*.local" to *.lan" during the upgrade, as I've heard this will
simply the process of adding Mac clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am
hiring someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the
question in case there are some caveats to this the consultant may
not be aware of.

You don't actually need to change the domain from *.local - as long as
you know about it, a Mac can be reconfigured to work with a "real"
.local domain.



Thanks for the reply.

I knew it be made to work with the *.local, but I thought it simplified
things to have something else (like *.lan). So I thought I would have it
changed while doing the upgrade, assuming it didn't create other
complications in the process. But if it's not much trouble to add a Mac
with *.local, maybe I'll just keep it as is.

Pat
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Pat
Guest
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
Thanks Merv for the links. It doesn't sound like it's that big a deal
either way.

Pat






"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eUDeNJ77EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Quote:
What Steve said...

Fixing the ".local" Problem in Mac OS X
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/2004/09/fixing_the_loca.shtml

More Mac stuff from Eriq Neale's site
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/macintosh/index.shtml

But if you're planning on a clean install fo SBS 2003, changing to .lan or
.loc or anything but .local may be a good idea.

--
Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
===================================
"Pat" <pat@reemoovethismp-m.com> wrote in message
news:OVQI3a47EHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003
soon.
Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime next year I
was
thinking of changing the internal domain from "*.local" to *.lan" during
the
upgrade, as I've heard this will simply the process of adding Mac
clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am
hiring
someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the question in
case there are some caveats to this the consultant may not be aware of.

Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.

Have a good New Year!

Pat




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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
Guest
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] wrote:
Quote:
No winner that I know of. I use .lan.

You could even use .ricekrispietreats if you wanted. Don't know if Mac users
like that, though. :)
Quote:

is there a clear winner in the standard of what to use other .local?
A web site I saw mentioned .internal

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:30:49 -0500, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote:

What Steve said...

Fixing the ".local" Problem in Mac OS X

http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/2004/09/fixing_the_loca.shtml

More Mac stuff from Eriq Neale's site
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Int/archive/macintosh/index.shtml

But if you're planning on a clean install fo SBS 2003, changing to
.lan or .loc or anything but .local may be a good idea.
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Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]
Guest
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:16 am    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
Technically it's possible to do use Swing Migration and do a domain rename
during a specific point in the process. I wouldn't recommend doing it for
this sort of issue, but it's an option.


"Pat" <pat@reemoovethismp-m.com> wrote in message
news:OVQI3a47EHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003 soon.
Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime next year I was
thinking of changing the internal domain from "*.local" to *.lan" during
the
upgrade, as I've heard this will simply the process of adding Mac clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am
hiring
someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the question in
case there are some caveats to this the consultant may not be aware of.

Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.

Have a good New Year!

Pat


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Pat
Guest
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:55 am    Post subject: Re: Changing the local domain when upgrading Reply with quote
Thanks Jeff. That's good to know.

It doesn't sound like it's a big issue either way, but I thought it might be
good to do just to keep things simpler later on.

Pat


"Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]" <jeff@cfisolutions.com> wrote in message
news:eymtlcP8EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Technically it's possible to do use Swing Migration and do a domain rename
during a specific point in the process. I wouldn't recommend doing it for
this sort of issue, but it's an option.


"Pat" <pat@reemoovethismp-m.com> wrote in message
news:OVQI3a47EHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hello all.

I'm currently running SBS2000 but am planning an upgrade to SBS2003
soon.
Since I expect to add one or two Mac OS-X clients sometime next year I
was
thinking of changing the internal domain from "*.local" to *.lan" during
the
upgrade, as I've heard this will simply the process of adding Mac
clients.

Any advice or pitfalls to be aware of when making such a change? I'm
planning on a clean install (swing migration method possibly) and am
hiring
someone else to do the work. But I thought I would post the question in
case there are some caveats to this the consultant may not be aware of.

Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.

Have a good New Year!

Pat




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