On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 22:04:18 -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 12/13/19 8:55 PM, David Wright wrote: > > > But is it possible you've started using avahi/bonjour when previously > > you didn't? Or has the router upgraded itself and now knows not to > > issue names like that? > > I'll check to see if avahi/bonjour are being used, but I haven't done > anything deliberately to start using them. I'm wondering if recent changes > to CUPS may be implicated in some way.
Depends what you mean by recent. :) avahi-daemon has been a Recommends: of cups-daemon since jessie. > My Brother printer defaults to using > bonjour, but I turned it off because I deemed it to be not particularly > useful to me. It's connected by wire to the router. I live in a condo where > I can see at least three dozen (no kidding) printers advertising their > services. I'm getting ready to switch everything to wired connections. Bonjour is a network protocol, not a wireless protocol. -- Brian.
