I have some subdomains that go to my home address (I know I should put it through a VPS first but I’ll get to that when I have time).
If I connect to example.domain.tld and DNS records point back to my own IP, where does that data go to reach back to my device?


DNS request will go to the DNS server but from what I can tell the packet wont go anywhere else. At least on my own network, traceroute gives only one entry and its the final destination. I assume this is because the router knows its own public IP and as such knows the packet doesnt need to be sent anywhere else.