Kincaid 1 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 Ah, ok. I thought it takes longer because the of has to resolve the address. I just tried it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbert72 14 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Could you try nslookup 192.168.2.104 and let me see the output? I'm not well up on MAC networking but this should at least give some clue as to whether it is going to be possible to use a DNS name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kincaid 1 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 Server: speedport.ip Address: 192.168.2.104 *** speedport.ip can't find 192.168.2.104: non-existent domain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Gotta love Apple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbert72 14 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Ok, options are narrowing here. Either reverse lookup isn't on the router, or IOS is not liking the DNS service. In any case, since a Windows box is working fine, it's looking like it is a problem on the IOS side. Just for jollies, could you try nslookup google.com and ensure that actually works? I'm sure it will, but just in case... Also, can you check what DNS server you are using from the IOS machine (cat /etc/resolv.conf)? It could be that it is using something like 8.8.8.8 rather than the router's DNS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Here's an interesting post that explains why you can't use the PC name on your iPhone: http://serverfault.com/questions/53576/windows-computer-name-ip-resolution-on-iphone In short, it seems the PC name is a Windows-only protocol. Since it's Apple, this protocol was never included (and will probably never be). The only way around is to setup a ddns, like no-ip.com(it's free if you are not picky about your domain name). A bit of research should let you know how to set it up so it points toward your internal network. You can then use your friendly ddns url in your iPhone to reach your Media Browser server. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kincaid 1 Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 I am already using no-ip, but this only works from outside the LAN but they have to be in my wifi to send the video to chromecast. I guess they just have to enter the ip then. Anyways, thanks for your help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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