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@ -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.</br>
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.</br>
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.</br>
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.