@replytomaikel@mastodon.social
Post #4279282
2026-07-29 12:33 UTC
Is it normal a Tailscale network can recognise every PC by their DNS name UNLESS I'm on that PC?
e.g.: my threadripper is called "ripper" so I can access it from my laptop using just "ripper" for both SSH or web services. But from itself it cannot. 🤔
Shouln't Tailscale act as DNS the same for all independently of being to the host with the name than without?
#tailscale #ask
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@jws@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 13:05
@replytomaikel@mastodon.social Generally yes. One thing I noticed trying to reproduce this is that an /etc/hosts entry will take precedence. So if you have an entry in there for `ripper` at 127.0.0.1 then it may be coming in on the wrong interface if you're trying to use the shortname. So you can either try the fqdn of ripper.tail-scale.ts.net (for whatever your tailnet's domain name is) or remove the hosts entry and try again.