From e00895abadb38541b711fff585954db2ca42f89d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DoTheEvolution Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 21:58:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update --- dnsmasq/readme.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/dnsmasq/readme.md b/dnsmasq/readme.md index dcd9449..a1161d7 100644 --- a/dnsmasq/readme.md +++ b/dnsmasq/readme.md @@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ dnsmasq solves the problem of accessing self hosted stuff when you are inside your network. As asking google's DNS for `example.com` will return your very own public IP and most routers/firewalls wont allow this loopback, where your requests should go out and then right back.
-Usual quick way to solve this issue is editing the `hosts` file on your machine, -but if more devices should "just work" it is a no-go.
+Usual quick way to solve this issue is +[editing the `hosts` file]( +https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker/tree/master/caddy_v2#--editing-hosts-file) +on your machine, but if more devices should "just work" it is a no-go.
So the answer is running a DNS server that pairs the local machines IP with the correct hostnames, and a DHCP server that tells the devices on the network to use this DNS.