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I am currently working on a locally hosted website running on the free version of MAMP. I wanted to assign this website a domain name, hence i came across dnsmasq. I have set up the program using https://www.stevenrombauts.be/2018/01/use-dnsmasq-instead-of-etc-hosts/

The DNS works perfect on the host device, with the weblink domain.develop directing me to my webpage. Great! But I cannot access the webpage through the address from another computer connected to my router. I can open the page using my IP address though from the other computer.

I am running Mac OS Mojave as the host and have a Foxtel Hub router (If it helps).

The dnsmasq filter is still operating through its origional port (53 I think) and is redirecting the domain name to 127.0.0.1 (localhost). As per the above tutorial, I am only sending domain.develop to dnsmasq.

What I want is for other local devices attached to my router to be able to visit the website hosted on my mac using the static DNS (domain.develop).

Many thanks,

BFB

Bigfoot Blondy
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  • I assume you configured the other computers to use the computer running **dnsmasq** as DNS server and that **dnsmasq** is bound to `0.0.0.0:53`, not `127.0.0.1:53` (check with `netstat -uln | grep :53`). One last problem remains: **dnsmasq** is resolving `domain.develop` to `127.0.0.1`, which every computer interprets as _"myself"_. – Piotr P. Karwasz Jan 29 '20 at 07:39
  • So do you recommend I set myself a static IP on my router and use that IP as the address to redirect my domain to? And what do you mean by configuring the other computers? I though DHCP handles all of that automatically. The command returned nothing BTW. (Yes dnsmasq was running XD) – Bigfoot Blondy Jan 29 '20 at 08:17
  • Where is the **DHCP** server running? I suppose you didn't configure `dnsmasq` to do `DHCP` too, so probably on your router. On your router, you can configure the list of `DNS` servers, which will be sent through `DHCP`. Configure it to only send the IP of the computer running `dnsmasq` (which should be static). – Piotr P. Karwasz Jan 29 '20 at 08:52

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