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An implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zeroconf Networking. It uses D-Bus for communication between user applications and a system daemon. The daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies, necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks. | An implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zeroconf Networking. It uses D-Bus for communication between user applications and a system daemon. The daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies, necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks. | ||
Avahi allows you to access computers using their hostnames. ([https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/avahi documentation from archwiki]) The services on the network can be hosted and discovered [http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/sprotect/v2r8m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.alps.doc%2Fconcepts%2Falps_ig_using_avahi.htm through the command line]. | |||
'''Note: you must install nss-mdns for this to work, and have avahi-daemon.service enabled and running.''' | |||
Features: | Features: | ||