Unfortunately its a still problem in Ubuntu 13.04. All those talks on the internet regarding that Ubuntu devs are ignorant of bug reports look to have some grounds.
Anyway, the finer solution to the problem is changing the nsswitch.conf as follows: hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=continue] dns mdns4 I've put "continue" instead of "return". This way you can still stay with mdns. Details: The problem is that .local domain in LAN is managed by DNS and not mdns. But default avahi (mdsn) configuration binds to ".local" domain. I think changing domain-name parameter in /etc/avahi/avahi- daemon.conf to something else then "local" (which is default) would solve this problem as we.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140663 Title: mdns4_minimal switch off home-network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss-mdns/+bug/140663/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs