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 # Instructions 
 
 - `docker build -t inspi4 -t inspi4:latest .`
-- `docker run -it --rm -e 'DEFAULT_BLOCK_HOST_MASK=""' inspi4`
+- `docker run -it --rm -e 'DEFAULT_BLOCK_HOST_MASK=""' -net host inspi4`
 
 # Optional 
 
 - create a custom `links.conf`
-- `docker run -it --rm -e 'DEFAULT_BLOCK_HOST_MASK=""' -v $(pwd)/links.conf:/etc/inspircd/links.conf:ro inspi4`
+- `docker run -it --rm -e 'DEFAULT_BLOCK_HOST_MASK=""' -net host -v $(pwd)/links.conf:/etc/inspircd/links.conf:ro inspi4`