Networking Windows .local and Apple Macintosh
Thursday, November 13th, 2008What to do if .local has been used in Windows Network as the first level domain name of the Internal domain and you are deploying in an “Apple Mac centric” network with older Mac’s in the environment?
To help Mac DNS resolve .local Please read KB836413 - You receive an “unexpected error occurred” error message when you try to access resources on a Windows-based network from your Macintosh computer
content of KB Article
- .local Preferences adjustment: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2385?viewlocale=en_US
- Updating Mac OSX: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1338?viewlocale=en_US
- Apple Support: http://www.apple.com/support/
To connect Mac OS X to SBS please read Connecting Mac OS X 10.3 and Higher Clients to a Windows Small Business Server 2003 Network