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Why not just type in "mates-pc" and have functional mDNS and not have to memorize a bunch of numbers? Why not just expect your OS's DNS setup to actually just
by vel0city 7mo ago
Why not just type in "mates-pc" and have functional mDNS and not have to memorize a bunch of numbers?
Why not just expect your OS's DNS setup to actually just work?
- IshKebab 7mo agoBecause mDNS usually doesn't work and just expecting it to work doesn't change that?
- vel0city 7mo ago> Why not just expect your OS's DNS setup to actually just work? Maybe use an OS or DNS stack that isn't terrible? Incredible asking for a not-broken DNS and IP stack is just too far out there when it seems most of the closed source OS platforms seem to manage just fine. Or let me guess, you've specifically configured it to not "leak" such useful information?
- guntars 7mo agoSkill issue. Works fine for me in a mixed Linux/Apple environment.
- IshKebab 7mo agoI didn't write any mDNS software. Blame those guys.
- guntars 7mo agoWell I mean “those guys” did a good job and the network administrator might need to do some debugging.
- zadikian 7mo agoI never have to debug why my dhcp server isn't handing out ipv4 addresses or deal with conflicts, but if I did, it'd break mdns too. mdns is an extra moving part to deal with.
- vel0city 7mo agoI've had numerous issues with dhcp servers over the years and clients not understanding their responses. Acting like they never have issues is just burying your head in the sand. mDNS often works just fine on most common OSes, if you don't explicitly block them.
- zadikian 7mo agoDefault home router out of the box is not going to have DHCP issues. Custom config or bigger network, sure, I've dealt with it too.
- guntars 7mo agoBy debugging I mean just checking if you have not blocked broadcast packets at the firewall or some similar misconfiguration. I doubt it’s actual bugs when it doesn’t work. On your second point, it’s actually more resilient than DHCP because it works with IPv6 too.
- zadikian 7mo agoIdk, just checked my LAN-connected Mac's arp tables now and none of the hostnames are there, even after I ping the multicast. Haven't messed with any settings.
- guntars 7mo agoDoes anything respond to the multicast ping? If that doesn’t work then mDNS isn’t going to either. Router config is the likely culprit.
- zadikian 7mo agoYeah they respond. `ping mdns.mcast.net`, shows responses from ip addresses I recognize on my LAN, `arp -a`, still no hostnames. Tried all the other suggestions online too. Tried on my Mac and Rpi, same network, just a single ethernet LAN. Router is all default except that I port-forwarded something. Funny enough, it sees the hostnames. I'm guessing it's some problem with both my computers, but no real need to fix this because I memorized the addrs already.
- IshKebab 7mo agoWhat network administrator?