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Posted: 9/15/2025 10:12:20 PM EDT
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I have never been able to reach my self hosted websites that have a .local address. I always have to use the IP address. I now have 2 services that only use .local address. I searched for this topis but I am asking for help here. |
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| Are you using a hosts file on your computer to point to the IP of the server or do you have a local DNS server on your network serving up DNS records for your .local zone? If the answer is "Yes" then you probably need to go into firefox settings and tell firefox to disable DNS over HTTPS and to use your default DNS resolver, which, should be your DNS server with the .local zone. |
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I added in the IP address for the service running off of one of my mini PC but it still would not load. 192.168.1.88 is my mini PC server address and the odd looking torish .local website is the website for the self hosted service I want to use. 
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Originally Posted By farfromhome: I added in the IP address for the service running off of one of my mini PC but it still would not load. 192.168.1.88 is my mini PC server address and the odd looking torish .local website is the website for the self hosted service I want to use. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54288/Screenshot_from_2025-09-16_21-04-53-3625297.png Ok I see at least part of the issue. It should be something like 192.168.1.88 something.local skip the whole https:// and / on the end. You just want it to be just the IP and hostname. |
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Originally Posted By Foxxz: Ok I see at least part of the issue. It should be something like 192.168.1.88 something.local skip the whole https:// and / on the end. You just want it to be just the IP and hostname. It's like there are examples of it in the file.  Also, why not add it to your pi-hole @ffh? You can have multiple tld. |
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| I gave up on FF, caused my PC to crash multiple times a day. Now using Mullvad. Based on FF and Tor so it should load local sites. We will see. |
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| You need to not only remove the https:// from your hosts, but also consider: is your webserver configured to listen on all interfaces, or just lo? If it's just lo, trying to access it via your home network address won't work. Something worthwhile to double-check. |