<html><head></head><body>It just works. Assigned IPs are great. The mDNS still works. This way things like printers can stay fixed in virtual space. Makes them work better.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 11, 2021 9:37:56 PM EDT, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Working with a local non-profit.<br><br>They have a bunch of dumb devices on wifi, eg 3D printers.<br><br>Supposedly one accesses them via mDNS, eg "Ender3.local".<br><br>Which works less than 50% of the time on Windows or Linux boxes. More <br>often it doesn't find it.<br><br>My instinct is to assign those MAC Addresses a permanent IP address in <br>the DHCP on the main router.<br><br>I've gotten some pushback eg "It works on my MAC", or "If windows wasn't <br>so screwed up this would be fine".<br><br>Which isn't too productive.<br><br>ARE THERE any reasons not to make this problem go away by assigning a <br>fixed IP? Then mDNS would still work where it does now, and the rest of <br>us can find the little buggers without playing hunt the wumpus.<br><br>regards,<br><br>Neal<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>