Simplifying your home network with Pi-hole’s Local DNS.

About

As your home network grows with multiple devices, it can become challenging to remember the IP addresses assigned to each one. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or a retro gaming console collector like me, having an easy way to access network-enabled devices is essential.

Pi-hole offers a useful feature called Local DNS, which allows you to create custom DNS records for your devices.

My Setup

1. In my router, I have reserved specific IP addresses for each device using their respective MAC addresses.

   For example, my PlayStation 3 console, identified by the MAC address 00-19-4F-4F-4F-4F, will always be assigned the same IP address, 192.168.0.123.

   

2. I have added a DNS A record for all devices in Pi-hole’s Local DNS Records admin interface.

   For the PlayStation 3 console, I created the following DNS record: ps3.internal.

   

3. Now you can access the PS3 console using the new DNS record.

   https://ps3.internal, ftp://ps3.internal or other protocol.