Unable to use local DNS records set in Pi-hole ONLY on my PC

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Hello.

I’m unable to enter websites using DNS records set in my Pi-hole. I can connect using IP and this only happens on my EndeavourOS PC. I have tested it with on my phone and it works there, also tried different browsers, same result.

Example:
router.local is assigned to 192.168.0.1
entering 192.168.0.1 directs me to the router page
entering router.local gives “ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED”

The tricky thing is:

running nslookup router.local

Server: 192.168.0.10
Address: 192.168.0.10#53

Name: router.local
Address: 192.168.0.1

So the computer does resolve the address, but doesn’t in the browser?
Another thing is, the pi.hole works fine.

My phone, PC, router and the machine with Pi-hole are all on the same subnet, so this has to be a problem with my computer.

All help welcome :slight_smile:

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Which browsers? I think about 80% of the browsers I use all have DOH turned on by default so they bypass your local DNS unless you disable that.

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Firefox, Brave, LibreWolf and Vivaldi.

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Checked in LibreWolf settings, DOH is disabled.

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All of those have DoH on by default.

If nslookup is returning the correct result and your browser isn’t it seems like it is most likely an issue/setting with your browsers.

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Do you know a browser that doesn’t to check if that works?

If DNS Over HTTPS is disabled, what else could be causing this?

P.S. On my phone I have DNS Over HTTPS set to “Default Protection”.

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falkon

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Tried falcon, same result.

Also tested LibreWolf on windows, same PC, works there aswell.

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Also Lynx and links :wink:

core/links 2.30-1
A text WWW browser, similar to Lynx
extra/lynx 2.9.2-2
A text browser for the World Wide Web

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Can you reach it with router.local.? Note the additional dot at the ending.

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Nope

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There are two main issues.

#1 browsers usually have a build in list of valid top level domains, so everything else is considered a search term. In Firefox you can circumvent it by making it a fully qualified top level domain by adding a dot to the address - no clue about other browsers.

#2 .local is esp. bad though, because that is somewhat even more special involving mDNS. A little bit more on it here. #1 for .local doesn’t work in FF either.

Are you committed to .local? I did a quick test with my pi-hole and .home or .lan works in FF with router.home. or router.lan..

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router.home. does work in Firefox and LibreWolf, many thanks. It doesn’t however work in Brave and Vivaldi, the browser searches for it instead. Adding http(s):// fixes that, probably a chromium thing.

I may just go for a more obscure and not taken domain ending with .net or similar as that works on all of the browsers. Adding a dot at the end may feel weird for users.

Thank you so much for the help!

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