On 7/5/19, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 05 Jul 2019 at 04:33:42 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Thursday 04 July 2019 16:42:11 Brian wrote: >> >> > If nobody objects I would like to reword that statement. Many, many >> > users will have avahi-daemon on their systems; a few won't. The idea >> > that >> > >> > > Not installing this software in the first place works even better. >> > >> > requires clarification. >> >> Aha! Took several more hours but I found the SOB screwing my static >> network! Soooo.... > > I was rather hoping someone would clarify why not having avahi-daemon > in the first place was a good thing in general.
avahi-daemon is the thing that does multicast dns - right? I think using mDNS is an accident waiting to happen. The other viewpoint would be RFC 6762: 1. Introduction Multicast DNS and its companion technology DNS-Based Service Discovery [RFC6763] were created to provide IP networking with the ease-of-use and autoconfiguration for which AppleTalk was well-known [RFC6760]. Regards, Lee