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what is difference between .local and .domain_name packets

asked 2023-10-30 11:05:02 +0000

badhusha gravatar image

updated 2023-10-30 11:07:14 +0000

Hi all,

in my packet capture for my organization (let's name my organization as 'xyz'), I saw two different types of name resolution details for the same device. for example, if the device name is A001, I saw packets for A001.local and A001.xyz.com. I wonder how it can be possible. It would be a great help if anyone could help me understand why there are two different resolutions for the same ethernet address (.local and .domain_name).

Note: The device is in the domain xyz.com. So A001.xyz.com seems fine for me. But A001.local is a bit confusing. Thanks in advance

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Don't normally link to Wikipedia but there doesn't seem to be one definitive document: .local

Chuckc gravatar imageChuckc ( 2023-10-30 15:49:20 +0000 )edit

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answered 2023-10-30 12:24:48 +0000

hugo.vanderkooij gravatar image

Not a wireshark question.

But it depends on the DNS client. If they seek a host and have no knowledge of a domain they may seek for host.local besides host. But if the domain is known then they will add the domain in the query.

So investigate the clients.

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