[avahi] adding a zeroconf network to an existing private network

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 01.03.10 11:10, j2u4 j2u4 (j2u44u at gmail.com) wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Lennart Poettering
> <lennart at poettering.net>wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 28.02.10 15:53, j2u4 j2u4 (j2u44u at gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > I have 3 machines on a private 192.168.0.0 network. I have a device that
> > > only exposes a zerconf 169.254.0.0 interface.
> > >
> > > What is the best way to make the zeroconf device visible to hosts on my
> > > private network? Is it just a matter of running avahi daemon on all of
> > them,
> > > and adding a route to 169.254.0.0 on their default ethernet interfaces?
> >
> > http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAutoipd#Routes
> 
> 
> Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. I'm having a bit of trouble
> debugging it, though, as I can't seem to find the zeroconf device on the
> network now. Here's my config:

Make sure you don't have a firewall blocking these thins.

Don't use the old ifconfig/route tools. They are compat kludges that are
misleading in many ways. use iproute (i.e. "ip addr" and suchlike) instead.

Use wireshark to verify what's going on on the network.

Lennart

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