ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

@[email protected] · 8 months ago

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

Thanks but I hardly needed anyone permission to not use that. .local still works just fine.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

Except when it doesn’t. It can have issues around multicast dns.

@[email protected] · edit-2 7 months ago

I’ve had issues with .local on my Android device. Straight up doesn’t work. I had to change to .lan

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

Same here, just stumbled across this issue yesterday when I tried to restructure my network to use .local

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

I think it was only added in android 12.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

It just means .internal won’t be relayed out on the internet, as it will be reserved for local only.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

Good luck with that. .local is reserved for mDNS calls, and not every OS treats it the same way. Ask me how I know.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

Been working fine for me for twenty years or more in a mixed environment.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

I used to use .local but mDNS can get confused, .home has been fine though