Why do I have two different DNS suffix lists?
- by Rob Kennedy
My Windows XP laptop has two different DNS suffix lists.
The first is the one I see by selecting the Properties dialog of any of my network connections, selecting Internet Protocol Properties Advanced DNS tab, and looking at the list under the "Append these DNS suffixes (in order)" option.
The second list is the one shown under "DNS Suffix Search List" when I run ipconfig /all.
As far as I can tell, only the second list ever gets used to resolve unqualified host names.
Why are there two different lists? How do I configure the second list? Or how can I make my computer use the first list?