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What does "Local Domain Name" on router do and how do I get it to work?
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I have a D-Link DGL-4500 router. One of the settings is "Local Domain Name," which I have set to local (see screenshot). What I expect is for me to be able to hit my computers via name, e.g. m6.local should resolve to one of my computers; but this isn't happening. I know that I can do this via host…
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"Local Domain Name" refers to the domain name that the DNS resolver on the client will try in order to find a DNS entry; it does not create a DNS entry on the DNS server. If you have entries in an existing DNS server for "foo.lan" and "bar.lan" then…
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