Apple TV (96) — I thought the discoveryd nightmare was over?!

[sprucemoose]

This is my first Apple TV, however I was reading for about a year how Yosemite would rename Apple TV and other network computers with crazy numbers on the end.

As far as I read, Apple dumped discoveryd part-way through Yosemite and in iOS 9. Why then, is my new Apple TV 4 showing up on my El Capitan and iOS 9 devices with increasingly higher numbers tacked on the end? For reference, my Apple TV is connected by Ethernet to an AirPort Extreme.

Does anyone know what's happening here?

 

[m0pheu5]

Mine got just got uptp (496) before disappearing..

 

[dugbug]

I have this too with all iOS 9, el capitans, and two airports. Well and two apple tvs, one the latest.

 

[pjarvi]

You can change the name of the Apple TV in the Settings on the Apple TV itself.

 

[dugbug]

You can change the name of the Apple TV in the Settings on the Apple TV itself.

then it would be "mytv(3)".
The name is irrelevant its the (xxx) instance # regardless of being the ONLY thing named 'mytv'

 

[Warbrain]

It'd be incredibly funny if tvOS is still using discoveryd. Just adds fuel to the fire that this thing has been sitting the pipeline for a while now.

 

[Steven Jackson]

Yup, I noticed this too. Discoveryd returns like the Babadook!