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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have these two lines in my /etc/dnsmasq.conf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>address=/mymovies/192.168.1.124<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>address=/mymovies.ncp/192.168.1.124<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dnsmasq is running on a Pi. Also on the same LAN is my Win 7 laptop. When I make this request from Chrome on the laptop… <a href="http://mymovies">http://mymovies</a> this is what I get in the dnsmasq log file:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oct 21 23:38:12 dnsmasq[19823]: query[A] mymovies.home from XX.XX.XXX.XXX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oct 21 23:38:12 dnsmasq[19823]: config mymovies.home is 192.168.1.124<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>However when I make this request from Chrome <a href="http://mymovies.ncp">http://mymovies.ncp</a> this is what I get in the dnsmasq log file:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oct 21 23:41:54 dnsmasq[19823]: query[A] mymovies.ncp from XX.XX.XXX.XXX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oct 21 23:41:54 dnsmasq[19823]: config mymovies.ncp is 192.168.1.124<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Apologies if this is a really basic question, I am a beginner with dnsmasq. Why is .home appended to a hostname when it is just a plain simple word without any domain or tld?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-IE'>Flex<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>