How to set DNS entry with no domain in local network?

I would like to refer local network computers with short DNS names, without full multilevel path. What is required for it?

Probably I need to know terminology or something.

I wish to configure both windows and linux machines for it.

UPDATE

I need centralized solution, not to edit hosts file on each computer.

Suzan Cioc

Posted 2014-12-20T15:04:17.440

Reputation: 2 103

is .local what you are looking for?

– Tyson – 2014-12-20T15:15:57.840

I have added entyr "bugzilla.local" to my DNS forwarder, but this didn't help. I can ping bugzilla.local now, but no bugzilla. – Suzan Cioc – 2014-12-20T15:27:04.207

What are you using for local DNS? Why would you expect to be able to drop .local along the way? – Tyson – 2014-12-20T15:36:38.950

I am using DNS forwarder from pfsense. I can set up any other service. I don't "expect" I can omit "local", I "wish" I could omit everything, except computer name. It is possible with "hosts" file, why isn't it possible with DNS? – Suzan Cioc – 2014-12-20T15:48:46.173

This is probably what you want. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275553

– krowe – 2014-12-20T18:12:41.010

Idk about Windows...but on Linux, you can add search <mycustomtld> to /etc/resolv.conf, and then you can ping bugzilla.<mycustomtld> as ping bugzilla. – BenjiWiebe – 2014-12-21T03:13:23.097

This can also easily be centralized by putting a script on each server which downloads the host file for that machine to the correct location from a centralized location. Put that script on a cronjob\scheduled task and every machine will update when you make changes. I'd also make it just exit if the files hasn't been modified so that you can run it fairly frequently (so that updates happen quickly). I use this setup for my ad hoc VM networks because it is very simple to make changes and setup. – krowe – 2014-12-20T18:04:17.423

How to set DNS entry with no domain in local network?

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