How do I setup a local domain?

Can I create a domain on my home network?

You can safely set it to home.arpa on your local network's DHCP server. Devices on your network should then assign themselves a example-device-hostname.home.arpa domain name. Please note that not all residential routers binds its DHCP leases' host- and domain names to resolvable DNS entries in the router's DNS server.

What is a local domain?

A local domain is a domain that belongs to your company. For example, if you work for a company called Acme Coffee Shop and you have registered AcmeCoffeeShop.com with InterNic, you need to specify acmecoffeeshop.com as a local domain.

How do I find my local server domain name?

Operating systems like Windows 7 have a special text file that is used locally to map IP address to domain or host names. This file is usually called the "hosts" file. The hosts file can be used to map a domain name to a local server.