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Ping a Domain-Name-Server from a Network

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Ping a Domain-Name-Server from a Network

I set up a Domain name Inside of the /etc/hosts file and I enabled ICMP requests

What I'm wanting to do is ping my Domain Name that's inside of /etc/hosts, I can ping it from my machine, but i cant ping it from anywhere in my network or outside of my network

I tried setting port forwarding in the router on port 53 to my machine, but that didn't allow any pings either, Do i need to set up iptables/ route or something to 192.168.1.142 ( My IP ), I mean how can I ping 8.8.8.8 if it isn't in my /etc/resolv.conf file

I'm trying to ping cheese.com which is my domain name, I can ping 192.168.1.142 but I cant ping cheese.com

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If you want other machines to be able to ping your domain, you need to set the domain and its ip address in a DNS server that is visible and accessible globally. for example you can use ns1.com or cloudflare.com DNS service. The /etc/hosts file is only accessible from your computer.

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