>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Gettys <[email protected]> writes:
    >> (%)-one need not have a globally reachable name.  One might be
    >> registering into .homenet/.lan/.local.  This may be for the
    >> benefit of machines which are still at home, and which need to
    >> find your laptop.  Or the home user might have a global DNS
    >> name. The difference is really just a matter of NS/DS records.

    Jim> BTW, it appears Dave Taht has mDNS forwarding working between
    Jim> networks in CeroWrt using Avah; but we need to do more testing.

so, basically it's just a proxy?

    Jim> I don't think that is the only place where we may have such
    Jim> issues; SNMP comes to mind, but I don't know how commonly that
    Jim> is used in home environments.  - Jim

SNMP is unused in home networks.
I don't know why there is any issue with SNMP though.

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