piratebox.lan Inaccessible, But Works with IP Address

I installed PirateBox onto my Raspberry Pi 2, using the provided image for RPi2.
I can SSH into PirateBox, I can reach the web interface using the IP, but I cannot load '[piratebox.lan&]; in the browser.
I tried from my laptop and phone, and it cannot be reached.
Using 'curl -I [piratebox.lan&];, I get "curl: (6) Could not resolve host: piratebox.lan"
On my laptop, entering 'piratebox.lan' in Chrome, it tries to go to Google.com to search for the domain; it eventually times out.

Changes I've made, outside of the installation and post-installation steps:

/opt/piratebox/conf/piratebox.conf

NET=192.168.0

START_LEASE=10
END_LEASE=20

/opt/piratebox/conf/hostapd.conf

ssid=Setec Astronomy

/opt/piratebox/conf/hosts_generated (non-commented):

192.168.0.1     piratebox.lan

/opt/piratebox/conf/dnsmasq_generated.conf (non-commented):

no-resolv
no-poll
no-hosts

interface=wlan0
dhcp-range=192.168.0.10,192.168.0.20,12h
address=/#/192.168.0.1
dhcp-leasefile=/opt/piratebox/tmp/lease.file
addn-hosts=/opt/piratebox/conf/hosts_generated
addn-hosts=/opt/piratebox/conf/hosts_mesh

Let me know if you need further information.

Was it working before the changes?
Just set everything as you have, rebooted the box and everything is working as expected.
Is it working with any other domain, try [example.com] when connected to the PirateBox network.

Once I had PirateBox running, I was only able to reach it with the IP.
Trying "ssh alarm@alarmpi" did not work, either.
Thought I did something wrong with the setup, so I re-imaged the microSD card.
The information above is from my 2nd (current) setup.

I connected my PirateBox to my home network to install tcpdump.
Running "tcpdump -i wlan0 port 80" didn't provide me with much insight.
I saw that I was getting Apache 304 errors, but nothing about handling the domain resolution.

I'm sure there is something small that I'm overlooking, but I don't know what it is.

EDIT: forgot to address your suggestion.
I did try different domains, but no success.
Chrome says that I'm offline, giving me the dinosaur (I'll play the game to clear my mind).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2016 04:32PM by draik.

Do you by any chance have a custom name server enabled in your network configuration? If so please disable it.

Moments before your update, I figured it out, and was about to post my update.
You are indeed correct!
I have Google's IPs setup for my DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
Upon removing these entries, it is working successfully.
Furthermore, I can reach my PirateBox using "ssh alarm@alarmpi" without any issues.
Thank you!

Cool, in fact Lars came up with the solution in IRC, I just relayed it :-)

I was in IRC with my question, and I don't recall seeing that.
Maybe it was posted shortly after I signed out, having resolved it.
In any case, thank you for the assist.
Now, onto some sharing.

Yeah, that conversation happend 5 mins ago or so. You need to idle a bit in IRC, different time zones, work,....

Glad to see it's working! Happy sharing!