40 Using A Domain Name Local Network Update

I d like to make these websites available to any computer on my local network which would allow me to test my website on mobile devices ios.

Using a domain name local network. Something like bobsshop but with a domain each workstation logs on to the domain with the permission of the domain server. The domain name local is a special use domain name reserved by the internet engineering task force ietf so that it may not be installed as a top level domain in the domain name system dns of the internet as such it is similar to the other special domain names such as localhost. However local has since been designated for use in link local networking by rfc 6762 in applications of.

This is very common when you are naming a domain for a small business that does not plan to publish any servers on the internet. Open a web browser on my local network. Get a public domain name.

In the past lots of people chose to use a dummy unofficial tld top level domain for their internal network like domain lan domain local of domain internal and also domain internalhost but this can get you in serious trouble. It is for a product that hosts a web page and i do not want the users to have to type in the ip address. Run your own dns server and tell your router to use it as the default resolver for your network.

You can give your own network a name and have all your machines on it that is easy depending on the os your using. A domain is usually run by a domain server its not something intended for small local networks. One of the most common methods to name your internal domain is to name it something like mycompany local.

Why mycompany local is a bad idea. I m developing several websites locally each of them having its own pseudo domain name and its apache virtualhost. You can also create local websites by name here if you have a local web server.

The server itself may only be accessible inside your network but the dns will be available anywhere. However this can be a very bad idea for the following reasons.