[PLUG] RPi firmware disregards host name change,

[Eldo Varghese]

Are you sure the system updates the different pi's /etc/hosts, and 
verify the local router's dns server doesnt still have that entry stuck.
-Eldo

On 6/13/25 2:24 PM, Chuck Hast wrote:
> Folks,
> I am using an RPi (several actually) to monitor solar powered sites. The
> charge controller,
> power shunts and other items talk to the RPi and it gathers it all for
> viewing and control.
> 
> The devices are made by Victron, the firmware is a variant of Linux called
> VenusOS.
> 
> The issue is all of these devices give a network ID of raspberrypi2. That
> is OK on a
> mobile home or boat where you will have a solar power system and a small
> network,
> but in this case we have multiple mesh node sites that are solar powered,
> and all of
> the RPi devices have a hostname of  raspberrypi2.
> 
> I have gone in and changed the hosts, hostname, and saved both of them.
> After a
> reboot both show the new name but the machine still replies to raspberrypi2
> as the
> hostname.
> 
> I have looked all through the code but cannot find where it is being
> overroad,
> any ideas?
> 
> Here is the web site for the code:
> https://github.com/victronenergy/venus
> 
> I have found the Victron great to be very good and providing open source
> code for
> the RPi to control solar power sites is a big plus.
> 
> Best Regards
>