<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="font-size:10pt;" color="#000000" face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Hi<br><br>I've just set up a laptop with Ubuntu MATE and I'm having a minor problem with SSH. I can access any device on my home network by IP address but for some reason the host names are not recognised. Using other Ubuntu flavours and Mint I've always been able to access devices by hostname immediately without any explicit configuration e.g myDesktop.local, myNetbook.local and so on.<br><br>Can anybody advise on how to get the hostnames recognised?<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Nige<br id="FontBreak"></font> </div></body> </html>