Resolve freenas.local address don't work

[Perrog]

Hi!

Is there a WebGUI setting to enable mDNS lookup of the server name to IP-address?

I’m new to FreeNAS and have precisely got my server up and running with FreeNAS 9.3-stable.

Everything working perfectly great, however I always need to enter the dynamical IP-address when connecting to the WebGUI. I would prefer to logon with the freenas.local address instead.

If I start an AFP share then the AFP service is properly registered and available for OS X clients.

Thanks for any hints!
PS. When reading previous release notes I got the impression the server name would be mDNS registered by default, but maybe things have changed in 9.3 or I mixed up things?

http://www.freenas.org/whats-new/2013/12/freenas-9-2-0-release.html

Avahi (multicast DNS, aka Bonjour) registration of all services, include
the web service, means you no longer need to have a head on the box to know
its IP address, even for initial configuration, if the system your browser
is running on supports mDNS (e.g. a Mac or mDNS-enabled Windows/Unix box).
The default address will be freenas.local (or freenas-n.local, where n is
the # of freenas.local instances already on the local network). This can be
changed by changing the hostname in the FreeNAS system or network configuration
screens.

DS.

 

[dlavigne]

Nope, that hasn't changed in 9.3. What is the hostname set in System -> Info?

 

[Perrog]

Thanks for your hints!

It is set to "mynas" in System -> Info, and doing a "ping mynas.local" cannot resolve the host:

>> ping mynas.local

ping: cannot resolve mynas.local: Unknown host

I wrote "freenas.local" in my original question, thinking I would make myself clear.
However, doing a literal "ping freenas.local" can resolve the address correctly, althought the server name set to mynas.
Now I am confused!?
Perhaps I need to restart the server after changing System -> Info -> Hostname. (I will try that after my rsync is done in some hours.)

 

[dlavigne]

Before rebooting, see if restarting the AFP service does the trick. Also, I wonder if running /etc/netstart from shell does it (that should restart networking, if that command is included in FreeNAS).

 

[Perrog]

Hi again!
Rebooting was the only choice!
Tried to run netstart, but it did not change my .local address to servername.