Assign the .local Domain to Carambola

Finding device without IP indicator in local DHCP enabled network was always frustrating. To make life easier you can use local domains.

PC

Build image with avahi-daemon

make menuconfig

Network
  IP Address and Nnames
    avahi-daemon

Carambola

edit /etc/config/system

config system
      option hostname 'carambola2'
      option timezone 'UTC'
<...>

Add to /etc/config/firewall:

# Allow Multicast DNS
config rule
    option name      Allow-MDNS
    option src       wan
    option proto     udp
    option dest_port 5353
    option dest_ip   224.0.0.251
    option family    ipv4
    option target    ACCEPT

reboot

Testing

Ping

ping carambola2.local

PING carambola2.local (192.168.0.118) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from carambola2.local (192.168.0.118): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1.41 ms
64 bytes from carambola2.local (192.168.0.118): icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.674 ms

Access LuCi via web browser

Enter http://carambola2.local in your browser