[SWLUG] setting up a local network using avahi (bonjour)

Mark Summerfield mark at qtrac.eu
Thu Mar 5 08:53:23 UTC 2009


On 2009-03-03, Daniel Morris wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:51:50PM +0000, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could anyone tell me how to set up nice avahi (bonjour) networking?
> >
> > I have a router with 3 network cables: to a desktop, to a Linux laptop
> > and to a macbook.
>
> Does your router have built in name services? Can you populate a webpage
> with MAC-id, network addresses & names? You basically have a star
> network with the always-on router at the hub.

Hmmm, that's already beyond me!

However I looked up an old email of Justin's and managed to get ssh and
scp working between the machines.

Thanks:)

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Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu
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