Re: [PD] [OT] Portable webserver with static IP

Le 12/09/2012 11:09, Pierre Massat a écrit :

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 ?

Samba is primarily a file-sharing server-client program, not a decentralized name service. Plus it's fat.

Do they both require a client on the other end ?

Cheers,

Pierre.

2012/9/11 Pierre Massat <pimassat@gmail.com mailto:pimassat@gmail.com>

zeronconf looks pretty close indeed to what I was looking for...
I'll give it a try tonight and will report the results shortly!

Cheers,

Pierre.


2012/9/11 Charles Goyard <cg@fsck.fr <mailto:cg@fsck.fr>>

    Hi,

    let me advocate zeronconf vs. static IP a little more.

    Charles Goyard wrote:
    > Keep dhcp on to satisfy the network topology, and try zeroconf.

    Also, it can perfectly be that mdns is enabled by default on
    Raspian.
    You can check by issuing a "ping yourpihostname.local" from
    the raspi.

    I find the static IP way a lot more time consuming and error
    prone. The
    IP you choose can be free at the moment you set it, but if a new
    computer pops up in the network, you can have a conflict.
    Example: on my
    network my printer has a reserved IP in the DHCP
    configuration. If you
    happen to pick this apparently available IP and I turn the
    printer on,
    that's a big mess, because you have not respected the network
    administrator's work :).

    Zeroconf has been made for that: you know nothing about the
    network and
    still you're reachable by name. Easy, fast, default on Ubuntu
    and Apples.

    Search "avahi" in this page:
    http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38/prepare-for-ssh-without-a-screen

    To have zeroconf installed in windows:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999
    (yes, it's supposed to be about printers but it works for the
    whole
    system)

    Cheers,

    --
    Charles

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