Domain Name for Machines on Local Network

[mattgaunt]

Hi Everyone,

I've been wanting to make some of my machines easier to access from other machines on the local network.

Ideally I'd like something along the lines of:

http://media.home/
http://workstation.home/
....

And each of these simply redirect to static IP addresses and port numbers (i.e. 192.168.2.666:9000)

I have a DD-WRT router, can anyone point me in the right direction to achieve this?

I know I can do this via /etc/hosts/ but I don't want to change this for every device I own / that comes onto the network.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[ecksmen]

Most reliable method will be to have a local DNS server, creating the zone .home and then the relevant A records or svn records for services. Changing the DHCP scope options to include the local DNS server as the primary server, then secondly your usual DNS server (ISP/open DNS). Your local DNS server can either use root hints, or forwarder to the same DNS servers. You'll also need to update the DHCP server to have local machines look for .home as a domain suffix in the first instance.