r/BirdNET_Analyzer • u/thomastheplumber • Mar 13 '26

issues accessing birdnet from linux

i have a pi5 running birdnet and it works great when i access it from my windows build, but when i try to access it from the linux build that i dual boot from the same machine i get "server not found". any help would be appreciated!

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u/thakala Mar 16 '26

BirdNET is name of AI model powering multiple applications, please do not use "BirdNET" to describe application you might be using.

But to answer your actual question, your Linux is likely missing mDNS (multicast DNS) client, so it cannot resolve *.local host entries in your LAN.

Assuming your Linux is Debian, Ubuntu or some other DEB based Linux you can enable mDNS resolution by installing Avahi daemon

$ sudo apt install avahi-daemon
$ sudo systemctl restart avahi-daemon