Unable to get description url for WeMo

Installation Home Assistant OS
1

I’m getting this error when Hassio loads the Wemo component. I think it might be related to Pi-Hole as I just installed it and did not have this problem before. Does anyone know the do if there’s a domain I should be whitelisting for this to work properly?

Unable to get description url for WeMo at: 192.168.1.73

2

So i disabled pi-hole and still get the error.

3

Wemo is local so I doubt this is a DNS issue. It sounds like its failing downloading the XML file which uses to discover the device.

What does get you?
http://:49153/setup.xml

4

Thanks for the tip. It ended up being that my WeMo had lost access to my network.

5

I get this same response from time to time and not sure what it is. I have not seen any real solutions for this yet.

6

The antenna’s in the Wemo’s are tiny, and they are usually sub-optimally placed (e.g. behind stuff, or low down on the wall, etc). When I used to get this repeatedly, the Wemo would drop pings so it was a connectivity problem.

I’ve since increased the height of the access point, and moved some Wemo’s to better locations using extension cords. I might only get one of these messages every second day now.