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i know it should be .local due to DNS issues, but i hope someone willcome and give a better explanation than that for you!
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i know it should be .local due to DNS issues, but i hope someone willcome and give a better explanation than that for you!

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Cyclops3590,<br />
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That all makes a lot of sense so I think I will go with domain.local. &nbsp;Would you say this is the most common or standard way of doing this?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Todd
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Cyclops3590,

That all makes a lot of sense so I think I will go with domain.local.  Would you say this is the most common or standard way of doing this?

Thanks,

Todd

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not really sure, but I'd say it mostly likely the most common
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not really sure, but I'd say it mostly likely the most common

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I am setting up my local domain. &nbsp;One of the servers in this domain hosts our website. &nbsp;If our internet domain is domain.com should I call my local domain domain.local or domain.com? &nbsp;Whichever it is, why is that the one to use?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
<br />
Todd
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I am setting up my local domain.  One of the servers in this domain hosts our website.  If our internet domain is domain.com should I call my local domain domain.local or domain.com?  Whichever it is, why is that the one to use?

Thanks,

Todd

When setting up my local domain should I use domain.local or domain.com and why?

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