[avahi] Problem browsing service with avahi and wlan0

[Trent Lloyd]

Hi Dave,

This sounds like a common issue with wireless cards and dodgy  
multicast implementations.

I can only suggest trying a different wireless card (and sometimes  
router or enabling IGMP/multicast in your router/switch)

Trent

On 09/02/2008, at 4:31 AM, Dave Lazar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I fired up avahi-discover on my laptop. wlan0 is my wireless  
> connection provided by wicd in Ubuntu Gutsy. My server on the same  
> subnet 192.168.1.0/32 is providing an iTunes Audio service called  
> FooRock.
>
> I have a hamachi VPN running too.. ham0 on an other subnet...
>
> My avahi-browse -art reveals:
>
>  avahi-browse -art
> + ham0 IPv4 FooRock                                       iTunes  
> Audio Access  local
> + ham0 IPv4 superfly [ba:82:67:f1:6e:7d]                   
> Workstation          local
> + ham0 IPv4 unconcious [00:ff:ab:9a:74:9a]                 
> Workstation          local
> + wlan0 IPv4 unconcious [00:13:02:c1:c1:f4]                 
> Workstation          local
> = ham0 IPv4 FooRock                                       iTunes  
> Audio Access  local
>    hostname = [superfly.local]
>    address = [5.45.204.199]
>    port = [51106]
>    txt = ["org.freedesktop.Avahi.cookie=3581690292" "txtvers=1"  
> "Machine Name=FooRock" "Password=false"]
> = ham0 IPv4 superfly [ba:82:67:f1:6e:7d]                   
> Workstation          local
>    hostname = [superfly.local]
>    address = [5.45.204.199]
>    port = [9]
>    txt = ["org.freedesktop.Avahi.cookie=3581690292"]
> = ham0 IPv4 unconcious [00:ff:ab:9a:74:9a]                 
> Workstation          local
>    hostname = [unconcious.local]
>    address = [5.158.133.245]
>    port = [9]
>    txt = []
> = wlan0 IPv4 unconcious [00:13:02:c1:c1:f4]                 
> Workstation          local
>    hostname = [unconcious.local]
>    address = [192.168.1.65]
>    port = [9]
>    txt = []
>
> while avahi-discover shows
>
> A new main_window has been created
> Browsing domain 'local' on -1.-1 ...
> Browsing for services of type '_daap._tcp' in domain 'local' on  
> 5.0 ...
> Browsing for services of type '_workstation._tcp' in domain 'local'  
> on 5.0 ...
> Browsing for services of type '_workstation._tcp' in domain 'local'  
> on 4.0 ...
> Found service 'FooRock' of type '_daap._tcp' in domain 'local' on 5.0.
> Found service 'superfly [ba:82:67:f1:6e:7d]' of type  
> '_workstation._tcp' in domain 'local' on 5.0.
> Found service 'unconcious [00:ff:ab:9a:74:9a]' of type  
> '_workstation._tcp' in domain 'local' on 5.0.
> Found service 'unconcious [00:13:02:c1:c1:f4]' of type  
> '_workstation._tcp' in domain 'local' on 4.0.
>
>
>
> Banshee Music Sharing should show FooRock if wlan0 picked up the  
> FooRock but it does not.. only ham0 shows it??? I think this has to  
> do with the networking somehow but nothing comes to my mind about  
> how to get wlan0 to recognize FooRock...
>
> Any suggestions?. I have no FW running whatsoever and this used to  
> work perfect when I had eth1 as my wireless with NetworkManager.. I  
> think it is only since I switched to Wicd and wlan0 that the trouble  
> started...
>
> Thanks
>
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