14 Jan
2012
14 Jan
'12
12:29 p.m.
Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 01/11/2012 03:42 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
As far as I can see, it is some sort of rival to dhcpd.
No, DHCP is used to assign network addresses and routes (and other optional configuration items).
According to the Wikipedia entry for mDNS, "Using mDNS allows to determine the IP address of a host without the help of a centralized DNS server".
Isn't that more or less what I said above?
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