Create a term to use in browser so you dont need to remember

[rybo]

I have setup my pi3 as an access point with a static IP address, is there a way to be able to type in a term into the browser instead of having to remember the ip and type it in everytime. I would like the mobile browser to either just automatically connect to the ip or type in like "go" or something simple to access the pi from a mobile device..

[kusti8]

A bookmark?

[rybo]

Ya I thought about that but this will be up to the end user to do so they will have to enter the ip to begin with which I would like to do away with.

[kusti8]

Ya I thought about that but this will be up to the end user to do so they will have to enter the ip to begin with which I would like to do away with.

You could change the hostname, so they would type in:
http://<hostname>.local
And that hostname is anything you want it to be.

[scotty101]

Put the URL/IP address on to a QR code so that the mobile user can just scan the QR Code and it will open in their browser.

[ghans]

If your Pi is acting as Access Point already either setup a captive
portal or create a fake TLD like ".local" with the help of Avahi
or dnsmasq and people can connect to "raspberrypi.local"
directly.


ghans