Rune.local not working

Plugs

Hello I have a Problem connecting with my pi by typing runeaudio.local I can just connect to it by typing the ip adress. Is this normal?? Or what can i do to fix it?

hondagx35

Hello Plugs,

- Windows => http://runeaudio
this only works if an Avahi/Bonjour client is installed.
You can install the Bonjour package from Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999

- OSX / Linux / Android => http://runeaudio.local

tjukkola

same type of problem here. not working on my bq aquaris ubuntu edition. if i just type runeaudio.local it goes to google search and if i type http://runeaudio.local it complains about network error. cantata and rune ui work via ip address though.
does anyone know if there's a fix to this problem?

ACX

Hi tjukkola,
probably your phone hasn't native Avahi/Bonjour support, required to resolve correctly runeaudio.local. Check if you can add it with a third party app.

rayb

I've had a similar problem with an android tablet and a Pi 2. It will not connect using runeaudio.local or http://runeaudio.local but it will connect using the IP address allocated to it by the wireless router. If you are using DHCP this address is not fixed, but you can fix it if your router supports address reservations. You can tie the IP address to the MAC address of the device (look at the attached devices in your router for the MAC address). You can now create a bookmark using this fixed IP address.

s33w0lf

many things mentioned here are false, I see this also happen in the german Archlinux forum. I will make it short.

Two services running on our routers are interessting for us:
1. DHCP = sends out networkconfiguration for clients, this means addresses
2. DNS = resolves the (client)names in the network

the networkconfiguration from dhcp contains the address of the dns-Server, in our case router's address.

The router must than send out the names. I do not rembember which protocol is used for that. But since the britains send us our routers nothing worked. In germany we have had Siemens and AVM (so called Fritz!Boxes) works perfect. Now they want us to pay more for our good hardware or take the trash, which can not resolve names. Germans say: hit the router till it works.

There is a solution, called static IP. There are examples in /etc/netctl/examples. Address reservation is not needed. This is a misunderstanding of DHCP, it only sends configuration. You can do this by hand, it is called static IP. And not totally correct, but helps to understand it, it is a class c net.

On linux client you could also give a address a name (/etc/hosts). I do not know anything about windows. I thing no one really knows.

Trust me I have a CCENT.

hondagx35

many things mentioned here are false

That is absolutely right, most likely your post.

edit: sorry for that.

Frank

hondagx35

I've had a similar problem with an android tablet and a Pi 2.

Did you try Chrome for Android?
For me it works with "http://runeaudio", but only with Chrome.

Frank

s33w0lf

tried avahi today, works great with linux.
For ubuntu it is the packet 'avahi' and on server-versions 'libnss-mdns'
For Archlinux it is 'avahi' and 'nss-mdns'
Maybe you have to edit: /etc/nsswitch.conf

hosts: files dns myhostname mdns

I did not find a solution for android. Only solution static IP.

@[deleted]
sorry, I do not mean everything else is wrong. I stumbled over the feature address-reservation. Seems that someone do not understand IP. Address-reservation is not needed. Only tried to explain what people tried to use. There are ways without avahi.

Orion

Automatic address discovery and resolution is not implemented by default in Android, at least up to 4.4.4 release.
I'm not sure if it is integrated in 5.x releases (codename Lollipop).
However we will publish soon a specific Android APP intended to simplify this task, so stay tuned.

Bye.
Simone.

rayb

I tried using "http://runeaudio" with both Chrome and Firefox but without success. My tablet uses Android 4.4.4, so that's probably the reason. I don't know if address reservation is the best way to go but it's quick to set up and works for me, so I'm happy.

Orion

I think that DHCP reservation is a very smart choice.