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I have a embedded linux device I want to build and I want to make it easy for anyone to connect to it. So, when it is first setup, it is connected to the LAN using a WPS button feature.

Now, I want to be able to type in "mymagicbox" in a browser from another PC on the LAN and connect to the web server within the embedded device. How can I design this to do it automatically without having the user change the router settings or lookup the actual device's IP address ?

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Read up on Bonjour aka ZeroConf

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  • Thanks, Also saw this question's answer after I searched with bonjour http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17005136/connect-to-website-on-local-network-without-knowing-ip – bluesky Apr 15 '14 at 22:09
  • It looks like bonjour requires the .local extension in the name. How do I do this using "mymagicbox" ? – bluesky Apr 16 '14 at 12:15