Local DNS

Local DNS resolves

For example instead of: 192.168.15.255 you use: mydevice, good if your device changes the local address

• sudo pacman -S avahi nss-mdns
• vim /etc/nsswitch.conf

# Name Service Switch configuration file.
# See nsswitch.conf(5) for details.

passwd: files systemd
group: files [SUCCESS=merge]
systemd shadow: files systemd
gshadow: files systemd

publickey: files

# EDIT THIS
hosts: mymachines resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files myhostname dns
# TO
hosts: files mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname

networks: files
protocols: files
services: files
ethers: files
rpc: files

netgroup: files

• sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon