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Changing ESPHome Node Name

Trying to change the name of a node or its address in the network? You can do so with the use_address option of the WiFi configuration.

Change the device name or address in your YAML to the new value and additionally set use_address to point to the old address like so:

# Step 1. Changing name from test8266 to kitchen
esphome:
  name: kitchen
  # ...

wifi:
  # ...
  use_address: test8266.local

Now upload the updated config to the device. As a second step, you now need to remove the use_address option from your configuration again so that subsequent uploads will work again (otherwise it will try to upload to the old address).

# Step 2
esphome:
  name: kitchen
  # ...

wifi:
  # ...
  # Remove or comment out use_address
  # use_address: test8266.local

Cheers!
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