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Setting up DNS Name on your Pi
Steps:
sudo nano /etc/hostname
(Default is "raspberrypi", just set this to what you want.)
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
sudo init 6
Upon restart:
<hostname>.local now resolves to your pi.
Configuration is located here if you want to make changes:
/etc/avahi
Source:
http://www.howtogeek.com/167190/how-and-why-to-assign-the-.local-domain-to-your-raspberry-pi/
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Just a note. There is a limitation in Android Chrome with mDNS, this domain name will not resolve. The explanation is long, but basically it does not support zero conf protocols.

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