Comments on: Zeroconf / mDNS / Bonjour http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54 Mixing gadgets, music and the Internet Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Martin http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54#comment-9582 Martin Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:48:02 +0000 http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54#comment-9582 Install on Redhat EL5: Googled for "nss-mdns rpm redhat" and found nss-mdns-0.10-2.el5.i386.rpm downloadable from atrpms.net. As root: # yum install nss-mdns*.rpm # vi /etc/nsswitch.conf replace hosts line with: hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 Install on Redhat EL5:

Googled for “nss-mdns rpm redhat” and found nss-mdns-0.10-2.el5.i386.rpm downloadable from atrpms.net.

As root:
# yum install nss-mdns*.rpm

# vi /etc/nsswitch.conf
replace hosts line with:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

]]> By: Martin (Admin) http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54#comment-9097 Martin (Admin) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:44:55 +0000 http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54#comment-9097 Install on Ubuntu 704 Server: $sudo apt-get install libnss-mdns This will install, configure and start the avahi-daemon process. It will also edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to include mdns in name resolution. Install on Ubuntu 704 Server:
$sudo apt-get install libnss-mdns

This will install, configure and start the avahi-daemon process. It will also edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to include mdns in name resolution.

]]> By: Martin http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54#comment-9005 Martin Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:41:09 +0000 http://www.freakent.co.uk/archives/54#comment-9005 Stuart Cheshire popped up on my Ipod today in a Podcast recorded by IT Conversations. There is now a plug in for Asterisk, the open source PBX, to automatically configure SIP clients. This is a very cool application for Bonjour. Bonjour could basically enable seamless VOIP roaming between networks. This may be the application that finally gives Bonjour the accolade it deserves. Listen to Stuart here: http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1711.html Stuart Cheshire popped up on my Ipod today in a Podcast recorded by IT Conversations. There is now a plug in for Asterisk, the open source PBX, to automatically configure SIP clients. This is a very cool application for Bonjour. Bonjour could basically enable seamless VOIP roaming between networks. This may be the application that finally gives Bonjour the accolade it deserves. Listen to Stuart here:
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1711.html

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