On Sat, August 29, 2015 2:01 pm, Brian wrote: > There is much value in mDNS in an office network with CUPS nowadays.
Simply out of custom and the influence of the guru who helped me get started in Debian, I use static ip addresses for everything (including the printer) in my LAN, except the laptop. And I routinely connect the laptop with ethernet, rather than via WiFi. And every time I install or reinstall Debian on a machine, one of the first things I do is configure CUPS to use the laser as the default printer for the machine. In view of the fact that the configuration of CUPS takes only two or three minutes, I do not enable sharing of the printer. And all my printing is done locally, on the laser printer. So I do not understand how avahi or mDNS could benefit me with this tiny personal LAN. If it is something which I should be using, please enlighten me. RLH
