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== [http://avahi.org/ avahi] ==  
== [http://avahi.org/ avahi] ==  


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].  
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.'''  
'''Note: you must install nss-mdns for this to work, and have avahi-daemon.service enabled and running.'''  


The program consists of other programs:  
The program consists of these programs:  
* [http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/avahi-browse.1.html avahi-browse]
* [http://linux.die.net/man/1/avahi-browse avahi-browse] - browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the daemon
* [http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man8/avahi-daemon.8.html avahi-daemon]
* [http://linux.die.net/man/8/avahi-daemon avahi-daemon] - the mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
* [http://linux.die.net/man/5/avahi-daemon.conf avahi-daemon.conf] - the configuration file for avahi-daemon
* [http://linux.die.net/man/1/avahi-discover avahi-discover] - show a real-time graphical browse list for mDNS/DNS-SD network services
* [http://linux.die.net/man/8/avahi-dnsconfd avahi-dnsconfd] - a Unicast DNS server made from mDNS/DNS-SD configuration daemon


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Features:  
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