stephan@laptop:~$ host -a portal
Trying "portal.arts.local"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2621
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;portal.arts.local.		IN	ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
portal.arts.local.	86400	IN	A	192.168.2.2

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
arts.local.		86400	IN	NS	ns.arts.local.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.arts.local.		86400	IN	A	192.168.2.2

Received 84 bytes from 192.168.2.2#53 in 29 ms
stephan@laptop:~$ ping portal.arts.local
ping: unknown host portal.arts.local