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== [http://avahi.org/ avahi] == | == [http://avahi.org/ avahi] == | ||
An implementation of the | 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 | The program consists of these programs: | ||
* [http:// | * [http://linux.die.net/man/1/avahi-browse avahi-browse] - browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the daemon | ||
* [http:// | * [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 | |||
Features: | Features: | ||