Re: DNS resolution on local network

Phil Weir <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.dunedin.general
Message-ID <CAE-_39=iLRb8b+=-oYkBbqgRxpnz0q2ebOszbk0ycoc4meu3rg@mail.gmail.com>
> 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

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