Multicast DNS is a method for (generally) small networks to advertise services without user configuration. The two popular implementations are bonjour (used by Apple systems) avahi (used by linux)
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ESP8266 nodemcu resolving raspberry's local dns
I'm having an issue with connecting the esp module on the raspberry via mqtt. After a lot of search I think I am kinda lost now.
So here's the problem
I have setup my raspberry's local dns to work as cubex.local, I followed the instructions…

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JmDNS occasionally detects two different devices with same IP address
I'm working on an android app which discovers devices from local network by JmDNS, most of the time, it just works fine, but I found JmDNS would occasionally detect two different devices with same IP address from the log.

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How to capture mDNS packet using mdnsjava?
Basically, my network has a many device and they all broadcast the mDNS packet. I want to capture the packet and get IP address by parsing it. I tired using mdnsjava but i end up nowhere? Is there any way around for capturing mDNS packet.?

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mDNS in AngularJS applications?
Is it possible to use mDNS lookups in AngularJS applications?
More specifically I'm making an app through the Ionic framework (which run upon AngularJS). And I want it to be able to connect to an embedded device on the network.
For example:
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How to connect two devices through Wifi without using mDNS?
I have an embedded webserver running on a device. Now I want a smartphone app to connect to the webserver. They are on the same wifi network but they don't know each others IP addresses.
I understand that this problem is often solved by…

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Physical Web mDNS android test - advertising beacon app not displayed
I'm trying to replicate this RaspberryPI example on Android
I created an app for android to advertise a URL using mDNS (jmDNS library), the app works well and I can receive the message on another phone using ZeroConf Browser app
But when I try to…

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POSIX Bonjour/mDNSResponder test examples report "bind: Address already in use" on Ubuntu, but not Debian
When building the Apple's implementation of mDNS, aka. Bonjour, aka. mDNSResponder for a posix system (http://www.opensource.apple.com/tarballs/mDNSResponder/) [*]
On a clean Ubuntu 14.04 build box (with only build-essentials, g++), the compiled…

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OSX, .local domains are not resolved
I am running a webserver on my Mac with OSX 10.9. In our LAN my IP is connected to example.local, so that everybody in the LAN should access my webserver.
Unfortunately, the .local doamin is not resolved correctly from my Mac. As far as I could find…

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Installing dnssd gem on Windows
Has anyone successfully built the dnssd gem on Windows?
I get the following error when trying to build the c extension:
C:\Users\Charles>gem install dnssd -- --with-dnssd-dir=c:/progra~1/bonjou~1…

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How should an mDNS server handle a reverse-mDNS request?
First, some background: avahid was causing me problems on my embedded Linux device (it had crashing bugs that didn't look like they would be fixed anytime soon) and I only needed minimal mDNS functionality (i.e. just enough so that someone on a Mac…

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How can I refresh mDNSResponder.exe in Windows without -remove command
I had an client application that made with mDNSResponder.exe. mDNSResponder carried out real-time updating data on client program received from state of some server hardwares such as DVR or ip-camera in certain closed network environment.
I just…

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mDNSResponder compilation on MinGW
I am trying to build mDNSResponder on MinGW for a very important project. I have MinGW installed and I've downloaded the latest version of mDNSResponder from Apple's site. There doesn't seem to be any way to build for MinGW. Also, it appears to…

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How do I add Bonjour to Qt Creator on OSX?
I am creating a class to do Bonjour registartion in Qt Creator on OSX. I want to add dns_sd.h to my include configuration in my .pro file which I assume is done as follows:
INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/
My next question is where is and how do I add…

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What is the encoding format of dns file generated by DNSCMD command
I have some Unicode Host A record names (like abcáxyz) in my DNS zone. When I use dnscmd /zoneexport it creates a zone file. When I open this file in notepad or any text editor, it will show record name as abc\303\241xyz. I want to read this file…

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Read DNS(mDNS) responses
For a project, I've to read mDNS responses.
I read the IETF doc(and tcpguide, which contains a lot of schema) , and I think I'm respecting them, but I've an issue.
Often I'm trying to read my stream, but the stream is too short for data I'm trying…

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