08-19-2022, 01:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-19-2022, 01:42 PM by GlasgowGrip.)
(08-19-2022, 07:26 AM)the_bertrum Wrote: 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.
(08-19-2022, 01:18 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Huh. Something changed between Buster and Bullseye. Sorry, I don't know what. I use mDNS exclusively on my LAN (no local DNS resolver on my ISP-provided router) and always append .local to hostnames. Someday I'll set up a local DNS service, when I've run out of other things to do!)
Thank you @the_bertrum, that seems to make sense. And thank you Kent @TheOldPresbyope for confirmation that you are seeing the same behavior.
So based on that and what @Tim Curtis added, my takeaway is that all 8-series players will need to add the .local suffix explicitly unless they are on a home network with a router that provides the dynamic DNS caching that Tim mentioned. I am running a Netgear Nighthawk R6700v2 router with latest firmware updates, but apparently it does not provide that function (or is misconfigured?).
Anyway, good enough, I will add the .local suffix explicitly in my NFS share path in moOde and be done with it. Easy enough since I don't want to rely on using a fixed IP address. And just thinking out loud - possibly this should be mentioned in the setup guide going forward for moOde 8.x?
Thanks again to you all for weighing in - what a great community!
Cheers, Steve
