So, can you change the device name from “Office PC” (a blank is not allowed in DNS names) to “acer-mb” somehow?
Addition: Perhaps there is a menu somewhere you can see a ‘hostname’ field for the device ‘Office PC’…
I can change the name (which I think is just a label), but can’t see any way to update the “hostname” value - it shows as unavailable.
Perhaps, this isn’t the best router… no experience with this device.
A nice mod here suggests to simply add the name/ip mapping to file /etc/hosts of the Vero:
sudo chmod 666 /etc/hosts
echo "192.168.1.99 acer-mb" >> /etc/hosts
sudo chmod 644 /etc/hosts
ping -c 5 acer-mb
This is a special, so make your notes that you changed the file /etc/hosts
ok, just run these, does this look right?
osmc@osmc:~$ sudo chmod 666 /etc/hosts
osmc@osmc:~$ echo “192.168.1.99 acer-mb” >> /etc/hosts
osmc@osmc:~$ sudo chmod 644 /etc/hosts
osmc@osmc:~$ ping -c 5 acer-mb
PING acer-mb (192.168.1.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.99: seq=0 ttl=128 time=1.069 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.99: seq=1 ttl=128 time=1.144 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.99: seq=2 ttl=128 time=1.437 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.99: seq=3 ttl=128 time=2.359 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.99: seq=4 ttl=128 time=1.480 ms
— acer-mb ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.069/1.497/2.359 ms
That’s it. Now, NetBIOS server (your PC) and DNS should resolve ‘acer-mb’ to 192.168.1.99.
Try another update library for your music files. If they are all stored correctly in the database and unchanged, this should work quite fast.
Cool!
I’ve started another scan, not sure of timings, but switched on the logging:
https://paste.osmc.tv/yinuceqoye
I guess the actual logging may impact the speed…
looks ok to me, have fun with the Vero … the new Vero V is even faster 
Great!
thanks so much for your help, time & patience Jim, you’re a credit to the site 
Hopefully upgrade to a V soon 
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