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Set host to notify to name instead of IP address, app won't stay up, keeps closing #76

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  Running 64-bit Win7.  Installed 64-bit desktop app, didn't work (I guess I 
need 64-bit Java, which I didn't feel like installing).  Installed 32-bit 
desktop app, which installed fine.  Setup android app, did a test notification, 
everything worked great.  Then I noticed that the default for the desktop app 
is to receive notifications from any device.  I didn't really want my other 
office mates to install this and then get notifications from my phone, so I 
decided to change the setting in the android app to sent to a specific IP or 
host instead of the broadcast address
2.  Changed the android app setting to send notifications to specific IP or 
host.  Since my laptop is DHCP, I put in the machine name of my laptop instead 
of the IP address, since it changes.
3.  Tried sending a test notification from the android app, and it closed.  
Tried bringing it back up again, it comes up for a second or two, the closes 
again.  I can't get it to stay up long enough for me to change the setting 
back.  Uninstalling and reinstalling the android app fixes the issue, but now 
other people can get my notifications.  :-(

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would expect to be able to put a machine name instead of an IP address

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Desktop app is 0.2, Android app is 0.2.4

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bryan%ar...@gtempaccount.com on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Sorry about this - this was already fixed and the fix will be in the next 
release (soon).

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I am all for enabling the mac address type. With so many pc's using dhcp, its a 
wonder you haven't heard more about this.
Patrick

Original comment by LeftysLoft on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Actually, most modern routers will proxy your DNS so that internal DHCP served 
addresses have a local DNS mapping. This is also true for Zeroconf (a.k.a. 
Bonjour), which allows you to use hostnames like machinename.local

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2010 at 9:54