[PROBLEM] DNS problem in Moode 8.1.2?

[the_bertrum]

Update:  some progress...  what I didn't notice before is that when I use ping on the 7.6.1 box, it is actually appending ".local" to the host name that I enter on the command line.  Based on that, I tried explicitly adding ".local" to the NFS path on the 8.1.2 box, and that does resolve correctly.

To illustrate, this NFS path works on the 7.6.1 box but not on the 8.1.2 box:
malpha//volume1/Music/FLAC

To make it work on the 8.1.2 box, I have to edit NFS path to be this:
malpha.local//volume1/Music/FLAC

Hi,

you did it right. I believe this (the ".local" network path thing) is something bound to the 64bit linux.
You can use it also on the 7.6.1 box, if you like, for consistency sake (it works so, as you notice the appended ".local").
I am not sure, but I think @Tim Curtis has done something about this for the auto-discovery of devices on the network, and therefore their selection from the drop-downs.

Cheers, Al.

There were improvements in the code for SMB protocol detection between 7 and 8 and they had the unfortunate side effect of requiring ".local"where previously it was not needed.  I don't believe it is a requirement of 64bit so much, but all the 8 series players will need it.