-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Radtke wrote: >>I have no idea about the Mac, other than she might be "using" the > internet all the time. Bittorrent, other p2p, or compromised mac �take > your pick. > > Bonjour on the Mac is always trying to discover something (printer, > iChat user, shared iTunes, etc) on your network. An old boss of mine > would complain that Macs would always spam the network looking for stuff. > iTunes also sometimes installs this on Windows machines. Bonjour is the Apple trademarked name, but the whole scheme is usually called "Zero Configuration" or zeroconf. I can see why this was created, though it seems to me to be a solution in search of a problem.
On wifi networks it is more trouble than it is worth since that constant stream of traffic will significantly reduce your available bandwidth and those of your neighbours using nearby channels. Modern wire based networks will not noticeably degrade with Bonjour or zeroconf, but wireless ones will. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq74vkACgkQwRXgH3rKGfM4LwCdHz5bg9zcL5VZS9QTQY2i0PpX NLUAnjc9XLMKlW88RzXscHCk9wJ4CAyY =FvAP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
