Rename device fails

ESPHome
1

I am at a loss:

[20:04:27][C][wifi:504]: WiFi:
[20:04:27][C][wifi:362]:   Local MAC: 40:22:D8:76:95:CC
[20:04:27][C][wifi:363]:   SSID: [redacted]
[20:04:27][C][wifi:364]:   IP Address: 192.168.2.83
[20:04:27][C][wifi:366]:   BSSID: [redacted]
[20:04:27][C][wifi:367]:   Hostname: 'esphome-web-7695cc'

But installed config is:

esphome:
  name: "kitchen1"
...
wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  use_address: 192.168.2.83

Why the heck is the esp thinking his name is esphome-web-7695cc? I renamed it.

2

Did you follow these 2 steps?

If you skipped the first step then ESPHome cannot upload the new config

3

Yep. Followed all the steps. New firmware was successfully uploaded.

4

The hostname comes from your router. So you might have to update or reset it there (DNS).

5

Don’t think so. How would my router know that this is an ESPhome device? To my understanding the name is set by the ESP through mDNS.

6

I think thats from the initiaal setup via the web ui? https://web.esphome.io/

You are prob correct :smiley:

7

Yeah the name is auto-generated by the esphome discovery process.