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I am on my office network, trying to access our Intranet via iOS Safari. Our Intranet URL is http://Intranet/ (no domain or prefix). Safari never opens this. Is there a way to get to this address on an iPad?

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If I browse to intranet, i get a "Safari cannot open the page because the server cannot be found. I am on the same network as this server. – Ryan Apr 17 '12 at 18:59
does this work from a laptop via WiFi? Can you connect via the server's IP? – Jason Apr 17 '12 at 19:34
Are you using wi-fi or 3G/4G? – lupincho Apr 17 '12 at 20:30
@Jason, this works from a laptop via the same wireless network. I can get to the IP. – Ryan Apr 17 '12 at 20:36
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my best guess is that for some reason the device is unable to resolve the DNS for your server. If you can hit the IP it would confirm that theory. However, if that's the case I'm not sure of how to fix it. You might try "forgetting" the network on the device, and then reconnecting. – Jason Apr 17 '12 at 21:22
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I went into Settings > General > Search Domains and entered our domain name and now I can go to http://hostname/

If this is the solution, I guess I need to figure out how to set this setting in DHCP.

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Try going to http://intranet./ (with a dot at the end of the hostname to make it absolute).

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Same thing... looks like I can't get to any host by hostname only. I need the FQDN... – Ryan Apr 18 '12 at 13:22

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