I did some more tests with slptool. And it looks like it is not a problem of my network environment, because under some conditions I can get it to work. But I still don't really understand what's going on. I hope someone can explain...
For the following tests I will again use two WinXP boxes in my private network (with just an unmanaged switch) with OpenSLP 2.0.0 Beta 2. When I use empty slp.conf and slp.reg files on both machines, it doesn't work. So slptool register service:myserv.x://myhost.com on one machine and slptool findsrvs service:myserv.x on the same or on another machine doesn't give any results. But when I statically add service:myserv2.x://myhost2.com,en,65535 to slp.reg on one machine and restart the slpd daemon, I can always find this service from both machines! From now on, when I add additional services dynamically, I can sometimes find the dynamically added service (I have to register it several times, and then sometimes it can be found, maybe once or so). Right now for me it looks like its more a problem of OpenSLP... Any ideas? Robert. Am 27.07.2011 20:50, schrieb Nick Wagner: > My experience with unmanaged switches is quite different -- multicasts > are just sent to everyone, rather than being dropped. Have you tried > sniffing to make sure the multicast gets to the other side, or that the > windows firewall isn't excluding the packets? > > But, to answer your other question, I think slp.conf's > net.slp.useBroadcast variable is supposed to affect the UA functionality > as well as SA/DA functionality. > > --Nick > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Robert Hegner > <rheg...@hsr.ch > <mailto:rheg...@hsr.ch>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm new to SLP and I'm also not really a network specialist... > > What I want to do right now is just a little test using slptool with two > computers, one acting as a SA, the other acting as a UA. > > I tried this in my company network but I couldn't get it running. So I > thought it might be easier to start in my own little private network > first. Now the thing is that there is just an (unmanaged) switch in that > network, so multicasts are not supported. > > Is it true that SLP can also use broadcasts, if multicasts are not > allowed? I found that on the SA side I can force slpd to use broadcasts. > But how can I make sure that findsrvs also uses broadcasts to find > the SA? > > In my little private network I'm using OpenSLP 2.0.0 Beta 2 on WinXP > boxes. > > Any help or information would be highly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Robert. > > PS: I posted a similar question on serverfault, but it looks like not > much SLP relation discussion is going on over there. > > http://serverfault.com/questions/294569/using-slp-service-location-protocol-in-an-environment-without-multicast-opensl > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey > _______________________________________________ > Openslp-users mailing list > Openslp-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Openslp-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openslp-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openslp-users mailing list > Openslp-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openslp-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Openslp-users mailing list Openslp-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openslp-users
