I have set up a LAN with several network printers and about 25 stations. I was told by a network engineer from an outside consulting group that our domain was setup incorrectly. Rather than having something such as “local” at the end of the domein name, for example “domain.local”. I have even read that I should go one step further and make the domain something such as “internal.domain.local”.
We have been assigned dns numbers from our ISP to get connected through our server, firewall, and IAD unit, and ultimately to the web. Our internal domain is not a published one nor is it intentionally visible to all on the web.
My dilemma is this… I can’t find anything that enables me to change that domain name. I need to know what it takes to change that name, as well as update the workstation pc’s to recognize the change.
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.