# Ping devices on the local network via hostname

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/ping-devices-on-the-local-network-via-hostname/2082>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** raspberrypi3, docker\
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ping-devices-on-the-local-network-via-hostname/2082 "2017-10-27T12:41:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ping-devices-on-the-local-network-via-hostname/2082/8 "2017-11-09T18:27:42Z")

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I added avahi ([based on this example](https://forums.balena.io/t/mdns-from-docker/409/2)) and can now view some of my devices at their `.local` hostname. I can’t find my `philips-hue` even though I have another raspberry pi running raspbian on the same network where I can do API calls to the `philips-hue` hostname. Any ideas on this?

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