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Pings configured IPs for ioBroker
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[Feature request] Please allow the use of a hostname instead of an IP address #105

Closed DanielTUK closed 1 year ago

DanielTUK commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I have a bunch of hosts in different rooms/buildings, that sometimes get unplugged. Since those hosts get their IP from a DHCP Server that I don't control, their IPs may change without me noticing. The config page of this plugin does not accept a hostname (FQDN) instead of an IP. Therefore I cannot use this plugin to check if the hosts are still online.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like to use hostnames of the hosts instead of their IPs.

Describe alternatives you've considered I have considered running a script every few hours to check the DNS entries of the hosts and update the configuration of this plugin if needed. But since I have not found a way to update the configuration from a script, this doesn't seem possible. Even if it is possible, it is ugly.

Apollon77 commented 1 year ago

Did you tried to enter the hostname in the IP field? ;-)

DanielTUK commented 1 year ago

Yes, I did try to enter the hostname in the IP field. Unfortunately I cannot save the settings if I do that. The 'save' button does not work until I remove the hostname from the IP field.

DanielTUK commented 1 year ago

OK, I tried with a different computer today and it works now. So I guess the issue is caused by some combination of computer/browser+plugins/iobroker. Since I probably wont be able to provide more useful information on this issue I'm closing this. If anyone else finds this issue in the future: Try a different computer and/or browser.