Re: hostnames

Hello Clive_S,

Yes, the "." is allowed in NetBios names.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi Meinolf
> Just to be clear. I have a workgroup not a domain.
> If the PC name is 15 characters
> The workgroup is 12 characters
> So PC.workgroup = 27 characters
> This is not supported!!
> So if PC.workgroup = 15 including the .
> This would be okay??
> Thanks
>
> clive
>
>> No it will be cut after 15 and you run intot problems.
>> AAAABBBBBC-1234 will be all you see, 15 in total is the maximum for
>> the NetBios name. Don't go over it.
>>