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What happened to mDNS or Bonjour? Do I need it anymore? [closed]

Bonjour used to be the way to get peer to peer name resolution, and might still be, but I'm confused about a few things. The latest page from Apple gives you v2, and it was released on 2010, approx ...
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Wireguard causing Bonjour to fail

I rely on the following Wireguard VPN to gain IPv6 access on a Windows PC [Interface] PrivateKey = <private-key> Address = fd24:609a:6c18::2/64 [Peer] PublicKey = <public-key> AllowedIPs =...
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Sharing Mac Printer with Ubuntu (Linux)

I want to share my printer connected to my Mac with a Ubuntu Box (10.04 LTS -Lucid Lynx). I click share printer on the Mac, and then I do a discover on the Ubuntu box ... I see the printer, I select ...
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How to enable mDNS on Windows 10 build 17134?

I am looking for a way to resolve .local addresses in Windows 10. Windows itself also includes mDNS support, but that appears to only be available for Modern API applications. In the past, the ...
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Setting up a Bonjour name server

I've been following the official documentation for DNS-SD on setting up a Bonjour name server. That is, a wide-area DNS server. The instructions seem quite old, given some of the things it refers to ...
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Avahi seems to stop publishing/refreshing services after a while

Firstable, I looked up to several Q/A, i can ensure that the following points are fullfiled: IGMP snooping isn't filtered by switch/router. Bonjour services (mDNSResponder.exe) is granted and allowed ...
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iTunes 10 sharing not working

I have two PCs running Windows 7 64-bit. I also have an iPhone 4. Both computers are wired into the same router, a Netgear WNDR3700, and are on the same network. The iPhone is wireless and also on the ...
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Host name record is removed when announcing with avahi

I am trying to announce a ssh service from my raspberry pi running raspian a Debian squeeze variant. It is using avahi-daemon version 0.6.31. However after a certain time, I cannot find my raspberry ...
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No bonjour discovery even in TAP\Ethernet-bridge mode OpenVPN

I have a remote printer/scanner on a network that is accessible to me via OpenVPN server tap running on Ubuntu host. IP printing is fine, its the scanner service i need using tools on my client ...
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Repeating mDNS/Bonjour requests from eth0 through a tunnel (tun0)

To start off, I am quite new at both networking and Unix/Ubuntu/Linux distros. Just a warning, for any setup/code may look a bit ugly. Basically, my end goal is to successfully AirPlay Mirror to a ...
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How to get shared computers' IP addresses in OS X 10.7?

I have list of computers on my "Shared" sidebar, however I don't have their IP addresses. My router has their IP addresses, however there is no computer-name <> IP address mapping. How do I find ...
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Firewall and Blocking [More] Traffic

I have a MacBook Pro with the firewall on. I'm trying to run a Wireshark trace and the noise bleeding through Apple's firewall is very distracting. According to the image below, most of this noise is ...
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How to continually run mDNS on Windows 10?

I'm facing issues enabling mDNS in Windows 10. I've implemented the solution provided in this question and it works, but after running PC 24 hrs it vanishes and Bonjour Services can't find any mDNS ...
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How to figure out exactly URI of my network printer(Canon MX358)?

I have successfully setup my printer(Canon PIXMA MX358) as a network printer, and connected/configured it correctly in Kubuntu 20.04, if my computer lived in the same LAN (same broadcast-domain) of ...
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How to check if a router support Bonjour protocol?

I am trying to print something from iPad using printer connected with WLAN. However, iPad unable to discover printer and after searching on internet, I found that iPad and other iOS devices uses ...
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Track which process uses Bonjour service on Windows 10

Bonjour service used to take almost nothing. But it recently takes 10-20% of CPU almost all the time. The problem is resolved by simply terminate the Bonjour service, but there should be a reason why ...
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Access Gnome''s webdav share from Windows

I have the same problem as this question, but the listed answers on that question are not working for me, so it appears my situation may be different, or perhaps things have changed since then, so I ...
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Broadcast mDNS for another device

I have a custom/experimental device (D) on my home LAN with a static IP running an HTTP server. For reasons that are not important to this question, (D) cannot run mDNS. I have another full-fledged ...
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How can I Broadcast Bonjour Onto Separate Subnet

I have a Synology NAS and I want to broadcast the SMB server it is hosting over Bonjour. It is hooked up to my Cable Modem over ethernet which also provides router capability. All devices connected ...
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Some Bonjour printers not found by iPad

We are using iPads on our service drive and want to print to several HP M608 and M553 printers. When printing from an iPad or iPhone, Bonjour is finding a number of printers on the network but of the ...
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How to make .local resolve not via mDNS on Mac OS Mohave?

My ISP provides useful service on .local domain which is absolutely necessary. But I can't ping it from my Mac PC. I found out that the "problem" connected to Bonjour service and all .local domains ...
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Windows-7 cannot resolve a Samba share via the .local domain name (but can resolve for TCP/IP)

I have a Linux Samba server and a Windows-7 computer running on a local network. I installed Avahi on the server and Apple's Bonjour (version 2) on the Windows computer. The Windows computer can ...
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Bonjour does not work with TP-Link Archer C2

I recently bought a TP-Link Archer C2 router, and I am very satisfied with it so far. I have only a single problem: Bonjour service advertising seems to be broken. My network: Simultaneous 2.4 and 5 ...
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mDNS / Bonjour thourgh WLAN and VLAN

I have here the following situation: Zyxel USG20 -> VLAN -> Server (192.168.50.xx) (local_1) | | -> Switch -> wired devices (192.168.80.xx) (local_2) -> LEDE WLAN ROUTER -> Mobile ...
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How can I get Bonjour to work over my wireless network?

I have a wireless network setup using a AP541N Cisco wireless access point. I can connect to shares from Finder with cmd+K over AFP and SMB to the NAS and I can get to the internet, but thats it. None ...
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AirPrint does not work with Netgear router, HP LaserJet and macOS

I have a Netgear WNDR3700v5 router to which I have connected a MacBook Pro running macOS 10.12.6 and a HP LaserJet MFP 130FW printer. The printer is set up to connect via AirPrint / Bonjour. Usually, ...
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How do you hide a computer name on a network? (OS X 10.6)

I regularly plug my Macbook Pro into a network at work, but because of the way Mac networking works, my computer's name instantly becomes available to any other Mac on the network. Is there a way to ...
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Mac .local domain-name stopped resolving

My laptop had the hostname Michaels-MacBook-Pro.local, and I could ping it with ping Michaels-MacBook-Pro.local. Today, it just stopped. I can access co-workers' laptops with ping Name-MacBook-Pro....
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TP-Link DoS protection blocks Bonjour

We have an Apple-centric office and as such we rely on Bonjour (mDNS) for auto-discovery of things like printers, AirPlay targets, and pseudo-servers (e.g. exchanging files between desktop computers). ...
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Remote shutdown of a group of linux servers (SNMP/Bonjour/socat?)

I have a group of linux servers on my subnet that I want to be able to remotely shutdown from a master machine. I don't want the non-master machines to have to coordinate with the master in advance, i....
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Is it possible to install Bonjour Service without the Print Services on Windows?

Apple provides this link to download and install Bonjour. After installation, it includes 2 products - the Bonjour Service itself and Bonjour Print Services. Is is possible to install only the ...
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Mac Bonjour sevice listing no local services

My Mac (OSX 10.12.3) cannot find local Bonjour (mdns) services - e.g. local Mac computers, Apple TVs etc. When using "Bonjour Browser" (http://www.tildesoft.com/) I can see: Services from an iCloud ...
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Unable to browse a service with dns-sd

I have cross compiled and install mdns responder on to my target machine which runs on Linux. I have tried to register a service with the following command: dns-sd -R "My Test" _printer._tcp. . 515 ...
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cannot ping link-local address from other subnet when defaut gateway route is seted

i have a problem with my route table i dont know why it doesnt work. I have two test cases, i did draw a network map for each case. currently i cant resolv the goal. testcase-1 network map ...
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App to search for zeroconf devices

I have some equipment running Linux on a SOC which connects to my mini network using avahi zeroconf. I know it's zeroconf 'name' by scanning in Safari for windows (which doesn't fully work any more ...
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Bonjour seems to cause hostname to resolve to old IP

I have some devices on a network and an administration tool that relies on bonjour for device discovery. The devices are set to use DHCP. Example scenario as follows (let's assume really short DHCP ...
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Accessing port 80 using hostname.local from outside guest

I have a ubuntu server running inside VM. The hostname is ubuntu. I am able to ping "ubuntu.local" from the host and also from other computers in the same network. However, when I try to browse to ...
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Bonjour dns-sd and Avahi service visibility

I have avahi-daemon running on my BeagleBone Black machine (Debian Jessie). It is in the same network as my PC, but I wonder why when I register service with avahi-publish on my BBB, I cannot see it ...
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Bonjour defeating wireless isolation?

I have two MacBook Pros and a Cisco RV110W wireless router. I have created a VLAN with all ports untagged and I linked this VLAN to a Wi-Fi with the option "Wireless Isolation with SSID" on. From ...
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All web request hitting router web ui once raspberry pi comes online on the LAN

Linux noob here, but 18 years in Windows :) Recently installed volumio on my raspberry pi B. But once this machine comes online on LAN via wired or wireless, everyone else (all laptops/desktops/...
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How can I disable AFP on Debian?

I need to disable AFP protocol on Debian server to force the Finder (Mac OS X) to use SMB. If I stop netatalk service the Finder still shows the device with AFP shares but raises error. So we should ...
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Can't get Bonjour working in home network

I've expanded my home network. Now I have a WAG120N DSL router and TL-WR841N router. WAG120N is "master" (connected to internet and DHCP server for TL) while TL is used for the rest of the clients. ...
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Retrieving Bonjour (Zeroconf/mDNS) name from IP address

It seems that this is the best way to get the Bonjour name from an IP address: $ dig -x 192.168.214.108 @224.0.0.251 -p 5353 ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> -x 192.168.214.108 @224....
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How to get IP address of all users on a network on Mac OS X

There is a similar question here, but it doesn’t answer some of my questions. The biggest problem is it says to fill in “MyOtherMac” with the name of the other computer found in the first step. The ...
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Can I disable the Bonjour Service?

I've got a Windows 8.1 machine. I don't own an iPhone. I do have some low-end iPod nanos, none of which have Bluetooth or anything else that I'm aware of which uses Wi-Fi. So, can I just disable the ...
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DNS does not work after upgrading to OSX Yosemite

After upgrading to Yosemite I can no longer get online. I can pick an IP address on the web and get a response but DNS is not working. A ping command to google.com will fail, however an nslookup or ...
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Wireless router that supports Bonjour between wire- and wireless- connected machines

At home I have an ADSL modem that I use also as router. For the record, it is a DavoLink DV-2020 provided by Tele2 in the Netherlands. It turns out that if a computer is connected with a cable to the ...
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Cannot find other Macs in the same network

I have 2 Macs at home, I found that the old Mac can detect the new Mac on the network, however the new Mac cannot detect the old Mac. I set the "Sharing" settings both the same and there is no ...
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avahi-browse or avahi-discover for Windows [closed]

Is there a Windows free (= libre) software analoguous to GNU/Linux avahi-browse or avahi-discover (which would discover avahi/bonjour services on the local network and list them)? Since I have ...
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AirPort Express Discoverability

I bought an AirPort Express to enable music in a different part of a friend's house using the AirTunes feature. Unfortunately, iTunes or the AirPort Utility don't reliably discover the existence of ...