Local hostname in use
ok, so i searched and can't find anything quite matching my situation. I'm on the Big Sur 11.2 Beta (beta to solve another glitch with the screensaver starting and not going away) and I'm sharing some things on my local network from this machine: screen sharing and file sharing.
I got a message today that says "This Computers local hostname (my mac name) is already in use on this network. The name has been changed to (my mac name-2)".
I tried to change the name back in the sharing area, and it gives no error just instantly reverts to -2. I checked WINS in the advanced area of my network connect and it also shows the -2.
I do not have multiple network connections established (such as wifi and a wired connection, or multiple wireless connections, etc) which seems to be the common cause.
I also have the router setup to reserve IPs based on mac addresses and there are no conflicts.
And here's the kicker, if I ping each machine from another by "my mac name.local" and "my mac name-2.local" they *both* respond from the same IP address.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Mac mini, macOS 11.2
