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description: Route traffic to a Cloudflare Mesh node by hostname instead of IP.
title: Hostname routing for Cloudflare Mesh
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July 2, 2026

## Hostname routing for Cloudflare Mesh

[Cloudflare Mesh](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/) [Cloudflare One](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/)

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You can now add [hostname routes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/features/routes/#hostname-routes) to a Cloudflare Mesh node, in addition to CIDR routes.

1. [Client device](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/cloudflare-one-client/)

   Requests `wiki.internal.local`
2. DNS query↓
3. [Cloudflare Gateway](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/)

   Returns a token IP, then rewrites the destination to the real private IP. `172.64.128.0/20`
4. [Hostname route](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/features/routes/#hostname-routes)↓
5. [Mesh node](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/)

   Forwards traffic to the host on the local network
6. ↓
7. Private host

   `wiki.internal.local` · `10.0.0.50`

Instead of managing IP ranges, you can attract traffic for a hostname to a Mesh node:

- **Private hostname** (for example, `wiki.internal.local`) — reach an internal application by name, which is useful when it has an unknown or ephemeral IP. On Mesh you do not need to run a DNS server; a local hosts-file entry on the node is enough, or you can use a Gateway resolver policy for split DNS.
- **Public hostname** (for example, `www.example.com`) — route that hostname's traffic through the node and egress via the node's public IP.

[Go to **Mesh** ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/mesh)

For setup steps, prerequisites, and DNS options, refer to [Hostname routes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/features/routes/#hostname-routes).

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