.local - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.localThe connection of Macintosh and Linux computers or zeroconf peripherals to Windows networks can be problematic if those networks include name servers that use .local as a search domain for internal devices. At one time, Microsoft at least suggested the use of .local as a pseudo-TLD for small private networks with internal DNS servers, via documents that (as of this writing) are still accessible. F…
Running DNS locally for home network - Super User
superuser.com › questions › 45789Sep 24, 2009 · Your DNS server must be configured to resolve a non-official top-level domain locally, such as .local, and then forward any other requests to another DNS. In BIND you need to add a forwarders { } section to your `/etc/bind/named.conf.options' which contains the public DNS servers you want to use to resolve non-local addresses.
Running DNS locally for home network - Super User
https://superuser.com/questions/4578923.09.2009 · In the usual situation of home routers you just need to simply tell the router that the DNS server is 192.168.1.101 and reboot. If you can get a local DNS running on your broadband router, great, but a DNS server might benefit from lots of RAM for caching queries, depending on which DNS software you use. On my network I just use straight BIND.