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aschild
Feb 09, 2018Aspirant
Unable to join ADS when netbios name has underscore
Hello, we have a new ReadyNas 3138 with Firmware 6.9.2 Setup was smooth and now we try to integrate the users with our existing AD. The problem we are facing is, that the nebios name is always ...
StephenB
Feb 09, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Netgear used to allow _ in their hostnames, but a couple of releases ago they changed their software to be compliant with IETF RFC 1123 (published 1989), which does not allow that character.
As far as I know there is no workaround.
- aschildFeb 09, 2018Aspirant
But it's in the Netbios Domain name, not in the host names.
And the RFC isn't relevant for Microsoft products anyway, they had their own "standards" in the past.
The fqdn is valid and rfc 1123 compliant.
- StephenBFeb 10, 2018Guru - Experienced User
wrote:
But it's in the Netbios Domain name, not in the host names.
I hear you. Note I don't work for Netgear either.
But at the moment I think your only option is to change your netbios name to remove the underscore. I don't know of any workaround.
- aschildFeb 12, 2018Aspirant
Thanks (and no offence meant by my previous reply)
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