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eschwartz · 11-10-2015, 12:18 AM

JSWolf's claim that Hosts is a Windows solution is entirely erroneous.

Just take a look in /etc/hosts
Redefine google.com to point to 127.0.0.1 or something.
Rinse and repeat for troublesome subdomains.

Or run a more fully-featured solution like dnsmasq.

It is literally as simple as adding:

Code:

address=/.google.com/127.0.0.1

to your /etc/dnsmasq.conf

P.S. I don't believe Windows' implementation of Hosts would support wildcard subdomains either, so you'd still have to use an actual DNS server.

11-10-2015, 12:18 AM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	JSWolf's claim that Hosts is a Windows solution is entirely erroneous. Just take a look in /etc/hosts Redefine google.com to point to 127.0.0.1 or something. Rinse and repeat for troublesome subdomains. Or run a more fully-featured solution like dnsmasq. It is literally as simple as adding: Code: address=/.google.com/127.0.0.1 to your /etc/dnsmasq.conf P.S. I don't believe Windows' implementation of Hosts would support wildcard subdomains either, so you'd still have to use an actual DNS server. Last edited by eschwartz; 11-10-2015 at 12:20 AM.