[CentOS] auto seek a server

Mon Feb 25 17:13:34 UTC 2008
Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com>

Jerry Geis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When putting multiple centos 5.1 boxes on a network (DHCP for network) 
> and 1 centos 5.1 server
> is there a way that these clients can automatically "seek" the server.
>
> Is there something in centso 5.1 that an inquiry can be sent out that 
> says:
>
> Is there a "Product XYZ" on this network?
> And the server - and not all the clients - can respond to this quiry.
>
> Just wondering, trying to reduce my setup time...
>
> Jerry
>
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A couple of options:

(A)  avahi/zeroconf (http://avahi.org/)
(B)  SRV records

--Michael