<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 17/03/2010, at 5:59 AM, Patrick Oppenlander wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<blockquote cite="mid:EB48A38C-E594-4A93-84B1-E8FB2FC7C1AF@jdkoftinoff.com" type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;">The user purchases the device and via
the front panel, enters in the alias name: 'camera-front-door'<br>
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As far as I know, the intention is for your user to select a service
name, not enter a host name.<br>
The service is then resolved and the host name, ip address and other
information discovered.<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:EB48A38C-E594-4A93-84B1-E8FB2FC7C1AF@jdkoftinoff.com" type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;">Now the device is also accessible as:<br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>camera-front-door.local.</span>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;">and
it will still be accessible as:</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>acme-sx194j-3428472.local.</span><br>
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If you advertise the camera as a service on the host <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>acme-sx194j-3428472.local</span>
you won't have this problem.</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Sounds sorta like that but also sounds like he really wants the user to just be able to type both names in.. one for customisation and one in case they forgot the settings.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Trent</div></body></html>