Questions tagged [mdns]
mDNS (Multicast DNS) is a way of using familiar DNS programming interfaces, packet formats and operating, in a small network where no conventional DNS server has been installed.
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Can't cast from Windows 11 - device is visible, but says "couldn't connect" and "your device doesn't support Miracast" (it does)
On a new Lenovo Legion 16IRX8 running Windows 11 23H2, with up-to-date drivers for BIOS, Intel Graphics, and wireless adapter, I cannot cast media to my TV. Opening the Cast menu (Win+K) shows the tv ...
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How to resolve hostname by mDNS?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04. I want to be able to resolve hostname of a device connected to my local network. The device is publishing its hostname using mDNS. On my machine, I am able to ping device....
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RDP works with .local but not with IP address
Connecting to local network RDP only works with pcname.local, and not with ip:port
IP is correct, local IP is static.
1 out of 20 times it works with IP address, but most of the time it does not. What ...
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HTTP name resolution for local HP printer
OS is Windows 11
My local HP printer has a web server at http://HPF38629 (That's listed in the printer's network configuration as the printer hostname). This works, I can connect to the printer by ...
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How to enable the IPv6ReachabilityOverrideEnabled flag in Google Chrome for MacOS?
I've installed Google Chrome (version 126.0.6478.62, built for x86_64) on my (unmanaged/vanilla) Macintosh (running macOS Sonoma 14.5), and I'd like to use Chrome to access the web server built in to ...
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mDNS Discovery with Panasonic TV
TV Model: Panasonic 77LZ2000
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I want to get the name an IP of my panasonic TV using mDNS discovery. I can see other smart devices and my phone (when wireless debugging is switched on) with things ...
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Linux systemd-resolved not answering MulticastDNS
In general, I'm currently replacing all networking stuff with the builtin systemd facilities. NetworkManager, dnsmasq, dhcpcd, avahi-daemon -- all gone, and things seem to be mostly working.
Except ...
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Firefox can't reach mdns .local names with more than two labels (local fake subdomains)
Fake MDNS subdomains like aaa.mypc.local work with any Chrome based browser but not with Firefox.
Firefox can reach hostname.local and extra .local names like myservice.local but not more than two ...
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Avahi: .local domains only accessible for a few minutes
On a few Linux devices (including an Android phone running Termux) I have installed Avahi and it works, but the internal .local address is only visible for a few minutes. After that few minutes when ...
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LAN Networking - Local DNS Name not Working in Windows Browser
I have a home server (running Ubuntu, which I named "lenovo") that runs a couple of HTTP servers. These HTTP servers are accessible to other clients on my home LAN. They are always ...
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Host getting multiple IP addresses
I have 2 raspberry pi's running in my house with intermittent connectivity and both get dhcp addresses from my DHCP server.
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
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How do I scan my LAN for .local addresses?
I have found out that at least 1 device on my network is advertising itself using a .local address. (my truenas server).
Any PC or laptop on my LAN can just use servername.local to get to the truenas ...
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How can I perform an mDNS lookup on Windows?
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I have a device plugged into my Windows PC via Ethernet. The device is running an mDNS service and has its own hostname (gp800-49d1a).
From WSL, I can ping gp800-49d1a with success, and I ...
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Universal home DNS
I have many network devices at home and I would like to have them accessible on network in human-friendly way. I do not want the devices to be accessible directly from the internet.
My needs:
Device ...
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How to configure systemd-resolved's mDNS responder to respond to multiple hostnames?
Is there a way to configure systemd-resolved's mDNS-responder behavior so that my Linux box will respond to more than one mDNS hostname?
For example, I'd like to be able to ping my linux box (from ...
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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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Why does mDNS and UPnP (DLNA) behave like this on my iPhone 8-created Access Point?
I'm trying to understand the behavior of the network of my iPhone 8's internet sharing access point (created when enabling its internet sharing).
In practice the iPhone 8 acts as an AP, default ...
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Chrome and Edge MDNS/IPv6 operation
I have a Linux device which hosts a website in LAN. The device has IPv6 address only, no IPv4. It also runs avahi-daemon to advertise its name over MDNS.
I can ping and ssh into it using its name ...
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Avahi publishing still failed to resolve service
I'm trying for 2 days to get the Avahi to work. I want to publish my web application on SBC with Debian 10.13 (kernel 5.10.77) but when I do avahi-browse -a -r -t I always get:
+ eth1 IPv4 My ...
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Why does Windows 10 mDNS response handling take 10 seconds?
I'm seeing this issue when trying to resolve mDNS names. For example I have a Raspberry PI on my network connected via Ethernet. And when I try and ping it via it's mDNS name Windows takes about 10 ...
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.local domains stop working in Windows 10 2-5 minutes after reboot
There are some existing questions related to this issue, however none of them are quite the same, nor do any of them provide a resolution. Here's the question which most closely fits my issue (but not ...
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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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Is it possible to use a different TLD for mDNS other than .local?
If I don't want to use .local for mDNS services, can I use a different Top-Level Domain (TLD)?
Say for example, could I setup a few home NAS devices, and name them something like:
movies.nas
pictures....
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avahi-daemon stops randomly on Raspberry Pi 4
I have a fresh installation of Raspberry OS on a Raspberry Pi 4. Avahi is running and can be queried by other hosts. The problem is that after "some time" (1 minute, sometimes 5) it stops to ...
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How to install libnss-mdns in centos7
I have a requirement to migrate a service from Ubuntu image to centos image. I am having problems installing yum install avahi-daemon libnss-mdns services. I found the name of avahi-daemon's ...
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avahi-resolve failing for services on local machine
I'm trying to setup newtek NDI for video streaming on local network. NDI uses mDNS for service discovery as described here. I already have NDI services running on windows machine and iOS device and I'...
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Republishing mDNS to another network
Is it possible to configure a DNS server to "republish" (actually: forward requests to) a multicast DNS system on a network it's on?
To give a concrete example, I have a site-to-site VPN set ...
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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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How to read mDNS response so I can parse it?
I know nmap has mDNS service discovery script but it wasn't helpful in my case as it doesn't include the correct service names.
So I want to parse the following response as caught in wireshark, any ...
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How to configure an IPP-driverless printer with static IP address in CUPS?
I've recently bought a new network printer and it supports driverless printing over IPP. It works out of the box on Ubuntu 20.04 using CUPS with cups-browsed configured like this:
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Why is my Virtual Machine sending MDNS requests in the internal network?
Following setup:
Windows 10 host system runs 2 Ubuntu 20.04 Virtual Machines from VirtualBox.
Both the VMs have their network adapter set to "internal" mode, which means only an internal ...
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Avahi gtk style provider error/ avahi-daemon won't start
So, just got a Raspberry Pi, and I'm trying to connect to it via mDNS.
However, when trying to start avahi-daemon on my WSL2 kali-linux distribution
sudo service avahi-daemon start
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How to force Windows to resolve LAN hostnames via DNS?
Forget everything you've read about Windows hostname resolution, because it's wrong when it comes to LAN (unqualified) hostnames. No matter what I try, Windows will not contact the configured DNS ...
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Firewall logs show query replied back to mdns
This setup is from the network (192.168.29.0/27) in VMware Workstation as in the
Network Diagram
I have setup a Windows Server VM (192.168.28.47/27), and a firewall VM NIC (192.168.1.21/24) which is a ...
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Multicast configuration for mDNS
I just bought a pair of Nexuslink 2000PT powerline adapters. These are identical to the Comtrend PG-9182PT.
It turns out that my Chromecast's mDNS broadcasts are unable to make it through the ...
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dnsmasq for looking up `.local` domains on the clients that don't support mDNS
mDNS (e.g. avahi, bonjour) allows a machine to advertise itself as machine-name.local on its LAN, and allows clients to look it up by that domain name instead of by IP.
Most platforms support mDNS out ...
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Can only see MDNS packets when I look for DNS packets
I'm playing with Wireshark and want to inspect some DNS packets so I flush my dns using ipconfig /flushdns and entering a url in my browser (Google Chrome). While I expect for a DNS packets and only ...
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Reset mDNS service on Windows 10 without rebooting
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Sometimes multicast DNS (mDNS) on my Windows 10 desktop gets hung up and doesn't resolve the names of other devices on the network.
I am connecting to SSH and web services running on several ...
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Best choice for private/home network TLD? Overlap with mDNS?
I'm trying to make my home network settings sane and I noticed I have a mix of TLDs with .local and .localdomain (the latter is the default of my Ubiquiti Security Gateway). I understand that .local ...
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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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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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mDNS on a large domain
I'm working remotely on a corporate VPN and I can connect to our intranet webpage using the server IP address. I read it may be possible to instead resolve using http://servername.local/ourwebsite ...
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How to enable printer discovery using DNS-SD?
On Centos 8, I run lpinfo --include-schemes dnssd -v to discover printers, as suggested by CUPS documentation. Suspiciously, the command returns immediately without discovering anything.
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How are hostnames assigned on macOS?
I'm using some application software which I have installed on an Azure VM. I have a MacBook laptop which I use to connect to the Azure VM, using Microsoft's Remote Desktop client for Mac software.
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Multicast DNS really slow to respond in macOS Mojave
I have a Macbook Air running 10.14 Mojave, and an iPhone with a certain app that needs to sync via WebDAV with the Mac from time to time. The way I configured it is to add in the app's settings http://...
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mDNS / DNS-SD on Windows 10 stops working when the network change
I was trying to discover services through DNS-SD protocol. To enable it on Windows 10 (version 1909), I followed this answer. However, after the network change, it stops working. No matter you try to ...
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How can work the local name resolution?
I have an Arduino Yun connected to my LAN as client, and this is not my dns server. I can reach it using its hostname: http://arduino.local
How can I reach it without a DNS record?
I ask to Arduino ...
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Time machine Detection over VPN via DNS-SD?
I'm running a local DNS server in my home network (dnsmasq) and a Netatalk instance for Time Machine over WiFi. Due to limitations of Multicast over my VPN setup, my Time Machine does not get ...
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Is it possible to find the Group IP of a local musticast network
I want to find the IP of the Multicast Groups I have joined. But, all the IP's obtained from netstat -ng are these:
root@me:~# netstat -ng
IPv6/IPv4 Group Memberships
Interface RefCnt Group
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Linux command to get mDNS Service discovery and to get its IP Address
I am broadcasting mDNS service from my WiFi module. I need to discover that in my Linux PC and get its IP address.
I used mdns-scan command and I am getting the Service name listed.
I used avahi-...
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