Cant get to work DHCP Server Option "Domain Search List"

EmL · Jan 25, 2012, 12:49 PM

2 years ago, I had a issue, that the "Domain Search List" in the DHCP options seems not to work for me:

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,24247.msg125397.html#msg125397

Maybe i have to put in in wrong syntax - don't know?! Today i installed my pc again, and want to try it again. And it fails again … same like 2 years ago. I found a other, newer posting of somebody, who has exactly the same problem:

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,35329.0.html

Ok - for now i solved it like 2 years ago: I'd setup the search List on every Client. But of course it would be nice to have a centralized "Domain Search List" which will be deployed by the DHCP Server.

Any suggestions whats going wrong here ... or jas anybody got this working?

marcelloc · Jan 25, 2012, 2:14 PM

Did you tried to include this on dhcp options?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd572752(office.13).aspx

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Specifies the connection-specific DNS domain suffix to be used by the DHCP client.
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DNS Domain Search List option to specify the domain search list used when resolving hostnames with DNS.

EmL · Jan 30, 2012, 10:16 AM

Interesting story! But anyway - as i understand, the problem is in the DHCP Server of Windows which is normally not capable to deploy the DomainSearchList …

... but I'm using DHCP Server of pfSense with Windows Clients! My Problem is, that if i use the DomainSearchList option inside the DHCP config, the client doesn't inherit the settings made there.