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gotcha when changing hostname
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This reminds me... My server demands to be known as hostname.local on my network. The other machines just respond to just hostname. I really should figure out why that is.
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I use DHCP for everything, even my server, with a reserved IP address in the router for the server and my desktop and a few other things I don't want to move around (printers, some IoT things, Home Assistant, etc.).
I think the issue is the bridge interface I have to set up for Home Assistant.
.local is usually avahi / bonjour - could be some machines are running it, others aren't