[arch-general] avahi problem

[Alper Kanat]

I did. However I found out that there's not much difference in the case of
host resolution. When hosts line is like the following:

$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | grep hosts
hosts: files dns

I can ping office.local from other machines on the network. If I change
that line like this:

hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns mdns4

then I realized that host resolution is a little bit more slower.
Connecting via SSH takes 3-4 seconds longer. Even if I change the line like
this, office.local becomes inaccessible after a few minutes. I tried
enabling avahi-dnsconfd which also made no difference.

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?


On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 14:32, Jochen Maes (Gcool) <gcool.be at gmail.com>wrote:

> Have you configured your /etc/nsswitch.conf (server side) as suggested
> on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Avahi#Hostname_resolution ?
>
> 2012/4/5, Alper Kanat <tunix at raptiye.org>:
> > Hey There,
> >
> > I've installed an Arch Linux server in our office for serving files over
> > the network via Bonjour/avahi. All computers are connected to an ADSL
> modem
> > via wireless. Only the server is connected via LAN. When I start the
> > server, I can ping it:
> >
> > --- CMD OUTPUT
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > $ ping office.local
> > PING office.local (192.168.1.107): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.080 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.671 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.979 ms
> > ^C
> > --- office.local ping statistics ---
> > 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.979/1.243/1.671/0.305 ms
> >
> > $ ping 192.168.1.107
> > PING 192.168.1.107 (192.168.1.107): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.194 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.229 ms
> > ^C
> > --- 192.168.1.107 ping statistics ---
> > 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.194/1.212/1.229/0.017 ms
> >
> > After a few minutes however I can't ping it using the .local address:
> >
> > *$ ping office.local*
> > *ping: cannot resolve office.local: Unknown host*
> >
> > $ ping 192.168.1.107
> > PING 192.168.1.107 (192.168.1.107): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.375 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.562 ms
> > ^C
> > --- 192.168.1.107 ping statistics ---
> > 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.375/1.469/1.562/0.094 ms
> >
> > --- CMD OUTPUT
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > If I restart avahi-daemon, we can ping office.local for another few
> > minutes. Any ideas?
> >
> > ---
> > Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
> >
>