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Actually, it shouldn't matter. A trailing dot in a hostname signifies a fully-qualified domain name, rather than a relative domain name. Without the dot the rou
by akubera 10y ago
Actually, it shouldn't matter. A trailing dot in a hostname signifies a fully-qualified domain name, rather than a relative domain name. Without the dot the router's dns service could technically return 'cbc.ca.some.othersite.net.' as the FQDN.
For those interested, learn more at:
http://www.dns-sd.org/trailingdotsindomainnames.html http://www.dns-sd.org/trailingdotsindomainnames.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name
- kelnos 10y agoThey meant the period in the middle (as in, "can you type the full thing, including the period in the middle, with one hand?"). I read it the same way as you did, initially.
- rocky1138 10y agoI did, too, and I was the original replyer (is that a word?). But, if you visit cbc.ca once, you can do it with one hand in the future as it's the first option in the autocomplete dropdown.