Ok, what I really need is a name annoucer. Now, if avahi is installed on my RPi machine called "server_pi" (that I would like to use as a server), can I access it from any other machine connected to the local network by using "http://server_pi" in a web browser, or do I need to have something installed on the client machine first (like Bonjour if it's a windows PC)? I'd rather not install anything on the "client" machine.
Cheers,
Pierre.
2012/9/12 Charles Goyard cg@fsck.fr
Pierre Massat wrote:
I did some research on the web and found that some people use samba for
the
same purpose (reach a computer in the local network by its hostname). What are the differences between avahi and samba ?
Zeroconf/avahi is meant for standadized automatic discovery/announce of ressources on a network.
Samba (Windows shared folders) is meant for shared folders. It happens to announce the names too. This is because when SMB arrived (long ago), there was no such things as Zeroconf.
Do they both require a client on the other end ?
To make it short, you can see avahi as a general purpose version of the samba name announcer.
The client can be firefox, ftp, ping, pd, whatever service you use.
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