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    General setup - domain

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      Panja
      last edited by

      In the General Setup of pfSense the following text is shown under domain:
      "Do not use 'local' as a domain name. It will cause local hosts running mDNS (avahi, bonjour, etc.) to be unable to resolve local hosts not running mDNS.
      e.g. mycorp.com, home, office, private, etc."

      Does this apply to "name.local" as well?
      So for instance "panja.local".

      Or does this only apply to "local"?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        name.local would be fine, since this is not .local

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          Panja
          last edited by

          Thanks for the fast reply. Appreciated!

          Will be using name.local than.

          Cheers

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          • jahonixJ
            jahonix
            last edited by

            why not use .lan ?
            It's shorter and does the trick as well.

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              Panja
              last edited by

              Could do that as well.

              Cheers

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by

                I use local.lan ;)

                An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

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