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Add docs for name_add_mac_suffix config (#1058)

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* Add docs for `name_add_mac_suffix` config

* Spelling and a bit more info

* Update components/esphome.rst

Co-authored-by: Guillermo Ruffino <glm.net@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Guillermo Ruffino <glm.net@gmail.com>
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@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Advanced options:
- **libraries** (*Optional*, list of libraries): A list of `platformio libraries <https://platformio.org/lib>`__
to include in the project. See `platformio lib install <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/userguide/lib/cmd_install.html>`__.
- **comment** (*Optional*, string): Additional text information about this node. Only for display in UI.
- **name_add_mac_suffix** (*Optional*, boolean): Appends the last 6 bytes of the mac address of the device to
the name in the form `<name>_aabbcc`. Defaults to ``False``.
See :ref:`esphome-mac_suffix`.
ESP8266 Options:
@ -297,6 +300,17 @@ Now upload the updated config to the device. As a second step, you now need to r
The same procedure can be done for changing the static IP of a device.
.. _esphome-mac_suffix:
Adding the MAC address as a suffix to the device name
-----------------------------------------------------
Using ``name_add_mac_suffix`` allows the user to compile a single binary file to flash
many of the same device and they will all have unique names/hostnames.
Note that you will still need to create an individual YAML config file if you want to
OTA update the devices in the future.
See Also
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