Re: DNS resolution on local network
Phil Weir <[email protected]>
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> Anyway - my question is - how come my Ubuntu machine can resolve "riwaka" to > 10.1.1.13? > Maybe multicast DNS? Seeing any traffic on UDP 5353? Apparently Windows does not come with any mDNS responder pre-installed, whereas Apples come with Bonjour and Linux with Avahi / nss-mdns. If that's the case, then you should find your Apple devices can resolve riwaka, and installing Bonjour should let your Windows devices do so too. Handy link/summary page : http://www.icir.org/gregor/tools/autoconf-protocols.html P _______________________________________________ DunLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/