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Zeroconf is known as zero configuration networking and is a set of protocols used to configure an IP network without a master system administrator or a master server.

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Differences between Bonjour/Avahi/People-Nearby protocols

I recently discovered, through Ubuntu's empathy IM client, that exists a protocol that enables the user to talk with anyone on his actual local network. It seems empathy calls this service "People Nearby" and Windows "People Near Me". After some…
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avahi & nsswitch.conf with `mdns4` and subdomain resolution from peers

Following up on unanswered comments in this question. I'm trying to use zeroconf/bonjour for a home network specialty network device which needs to pass through certain traffic to additional devices - zeroconf with extra hostnames seems like the…
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How to resolve Link Local hosts without typing .local

So in windows, if I typed ping familyroom, it would tell me that my PC in the family room is 192.168.1.61. (DHCP assigned address that isn't in any DNS) I'm running a new install of Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS, and if I try to ping familyroom, I…
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How do I share NFS mounts over zeroconf?

I would like to advertise my NFS shares via Avahi so that I can just browse from multiple machines without having to set it all up, especially when guests come over and I want something automagic. I am aware most clients will need extra packages…
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Bonjour bridge with Avahi

I have two subnets with different devices that announce themselves using the Bonjour protocol. Since these messages can be only broadcasted in the same subnetwork I installed the Avahi daemon. I enabled the reflector option and restarted the server…
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How to use zeroconf in Kubuntu 12.04

I have two laptops sitting next to each other, both running Kubuntu 12.04, and my goal here is to share files between them using Zeroconf networking. Here's what the wiki says about how to configure Zeroconf in Kubuntu: Procedure 1. ZeroConf…
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Multiple Link-local (zeroconf) network on Ubuntu won't work

I have an Ubuntu machine, with two wired networks: enp2s0 and enp3s0. They connect to two different Local networks. One of the networks has a Raspi, and another one has a Windows machine. The IP addresses are: pi 169.254.152.68 enp2s0:…
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Ubuntu 16.04 - Firefox 61.0.1 not resolving zeroconf hosts

I've installed Firefox 61.0.1 for provided by "Ubuntu Software". Try to access to some zeroconf hosts (machine.local). It's not working. The zeroconf hosts resolving works globally (Chromium, commands like ping) but not in Firefox. I'm typing the…
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Server 18.04: netplan and link-local addressing

I have begun experimenting with Ubuntu Server 18.04 and I ran into a problem with configuring the network. I have a PC with two network ports and one of those two ports has to get an IPv4 link-local address. In the desktop version I can achieve this…
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How do I enable Bonjour/Avahi lookups in all tools?

Although I've got numerous Avahi packages installed, I can't seem to get something like "ping myhost.local" to resolve. But "avahi-browse --all" does return results. The device I'm trying to reach can be reached by IP address, and both the Ubuntu…
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Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 Boot Hangs Every Time: Zeroconf Dependencies?

We're finding the Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 boot process to be especially fragile, consistently hanging during configuration. We haven't yet put our finger on the modality and thought we'd see if anyone has any idea what's going on as we continue…
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Ubuntu 16.04 desktop vm is the only OS that will not register on the local network

I have several linux & windows vms(vmware) running on windows 10 pro host, in vmware workstation 12.5. All vms are configured the same way in workstation, but the Ubuntu vm is not discovered in "networks" on Windows, and I can not connect to it…
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