> Home routers can simply assign pi into e.g. pi.home when doing dhcp. Then you can "ping pi" on all systems. It fixes everything- for that reason alone these reserved TLDs are, imo, useful. Unfortunately I've never seen a router do this, but here's hoping.
dnsmasq has this feature. I think it’s commonly available in alternative router firmware.
On my home network, I set up https://pi-hole.net/ for ad blocking, and it uses dnsmasq too. So as my network’s DHCP + DNS server, it automatically adds dns entries for dhcp leases that it hands out.
There are undoubtably other options, but these are the two I’ve worked with.
dnsmasq has this feature. I think it’s commonly available in alternative router firmware.
On my home network, I set up https://pi-hole.net/ for ad blocking, and it uses dnsmasq too. So as my network’s DHCP + DNS server, it automatically adds dns entries for dhcp leases that it hands out.
There are undoubtably other options, but these are the two I’ve worked with.