Connecting using http://IotaWatt.local

I have been unable to use http://IotaWatt.local to connect to the IoTaWatt using Microsoft Edge and use the ip address instead but its seems to work using Chrome. Also I can ping the iotawatt using iotawatt.local.

Just in case anybody else had the same problem I updated the hosts file on my PC at C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts and added (use you own iowatt IP address).

10.0.0.xxx iotawatt.local

and now it works.

This might help somebody or somebody may know why or have a better solution.

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Nice tip Paul. I had not been able to use Edge with mDns. Might also be useful to set your router to issue a static IP. I had done that because I have port forwarding setup to access one of my units from the outside world.