> 
> .local is a reserved domain under mdns.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS
> 
> You will have problems if you try to do a search under .local using a standard
> install of Ubuntu, Mac OS X, etc. These come installed with mdns as a
> standard feature.
> 
> I ended up using .pri instead of .local on my home network for this reason.

Ah. Thanks for that. It's a Microsoft domain and Microsoft loves .local.

I'll have to set some packet sniffers running for mdns because I don't want it 
running anywhere.

Thanks again

James
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