Hostname Stuck on DEBIAN

[blauvster]

I followed all instructions I could find to change the hostname on a Pi running Jessie.
It looks as if all is good on the Pi's side:


But doing a "ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" returns "DEBIAN" as the hostname:


Any ideas?

[dgordon42]

I believe that the Pi's hostname is stored in 2 files, '/etc/hostname' and '/etc/hosts'.
What have you got in these two files?

Dave.

[cpc464]

The pi has been renamed correctly but your Windows machine still thinks it is called "DEBIAN". The Pis IP address is still being resolved to "DEBIAN" either by your Windows machine's local host file or (more likely) a naming service on your network, such as DHCP on your router. You could try waiting 24 hours, or maybe reboot the router, if there is one, or the Windows box.

[blauvster]

The pi has been renamed correctly but your Windows machine still thinks it is called "DEBIAN". The Pis IP address is still being resolved to "DEBIAN" either by your Windows machine's local host file or (more likely) a naming service on your network, such as DHCP on your router. You could try waiting 24 hours, or maybe reboot the router, if there is one, or the Windows box.

Thanks! You were correct, it is a network issue. The problem does not exist when directly connected to the Pi.

[RaTTuS]

The pi has been renamed correctly but your Windows machine still thinks it is called "DEBIAN". The Pis IP address is still being resolved to "DEBIAN" either by your Windows machine's local host file or (more likely) a naming service on your network, such as DHCP on your router. You could try waiting 24 hours, or maybe reboot the router, if there is one, or the Windows box.

Thanks! You were correct, it is a network issue. The problem does not exist when directly connected to the Pi.

not network problem
windows problem
well more specially a windows network cache problem it will resolve itself