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Aha! Found the problem. My laptop apparently has 2 different IP addresses--one for the wireless connection and one for the ethernet. (I usually keep a cable plugged into it when it's in its usual spot, for the faster internet access.) In looking at the router's listing of computers on the network, I discovered that the ethernet was assigned the name address and the wireless something else. I'd brought the laptop home from somewhere and hadn't bothered to plug in the ethernet cable. Hence the failure to recognize the computer by name. (Though it doesn't explain why other applications that rely on the name for connection still worked.)
Once I had that fixed, the other problem of Aldiko bouncing the request to the browser went away, too. I guess it does that when it has trouble connecting.
Thanks, everyone!
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