[PNWChris]

Yup! If you want something that just works (no need to prefix with http[s] in your browser’s omnibar, works with Apple devices, etc), `.home.arpa`[0] is the canonical option.

A somewhat on topic tangent:

I did a fair amount of tinkering with this after finding my manually defined `.local` dns entries wouldn’t work with Apple devices. Apple devices see such addresses as reserved for mDNS and will only look them up via mDNS.

To get everything working on my network, I ended up going down the rabbit hole of local DNS naming schemes. In the end I found I prefer the look and feel of `.lan`, so I live on the edge and make my custom DNS entries using that.

Some browsers think I’m searching for stuff when I type “hostname.lan”, but prefixing with http:// fixes that. Wherever I can I try to set up mDNS, though, since it just works and doesn’t require any central administration. Sadly, not all devices are customizable enough for me to use mDNS everywhere.

[0]: https://serverfault.com/a/1041148