Unable to connect to .local from Mac

StartOS Support
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Hi,
Recently unable to connect via .local from Mac BookAir M2. Tried restarting computer, router and start9 which i can access via the IPv4 address. Tried on a different browser, same problem. Definitely not technical enough to deal with all the other options you suggest in the common problems post on this issue. Running the same version of Ventura as when i last connected via .local but which will not allow me to verify access to local network under privacy and security as this feature only appears from 14 onwards. I would be happy to access via IP except that it is impossible to access mempool service as the link to the UI tries to resolve .local DNS.

Any help welcome, bearing in mind this is a boomer who bought a plug and play node in a box, not a sysadmin :wink:

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If multiple different client OSs are unable to connect to .locals, then the problem is going to be with your router blocking multicast DNS (mDNS). Have a search online for your router model/brand and mDNS and see what you can find out.

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Thanks, I’ll try that. Nothing in my setup has changed since I was last able to access via .local but I guess the ISP might have done some sort of update

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OK, so ran a command suggested by Perplexity in teminal that showed all the devices on the local network, including the Start9 so I’m assuming that this means mDNS is resolving correctly