urknall wrote: > It's not a problem with the plugin, this is network protocol related. > > As far as i know, the discovery service is based on mdns, like many > other services: airplay, airprint etc. > The idea is to identify the members of a network, without having a fully > configured dns running. > Instead of asking a dns server for the hostnames, all members on the > network are directly addressed. > mdns sends a multicast to the network and is asking for the matching > hostname/ip address of each member. > > The service is in RFC defined (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6762) > and only works in a network/subnet, mdns will not be routed. > > If you want to have mdns between different networks/subnet or between > different vlans you need > to use an mdns repeater/reflector with 2 or more network interfaces, one > for every vlan. > > There are different solutions like avahi or other repeaters you can > use. > > Google for "mdns repeater" will help...
Great - thanks a lot :) I installed mDNS Repeater Plugin for OPNsense and it worked out of the box. This "mdns repeater"-thing is maybe worth a hint in the OP and instructions :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ simi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59648 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104614 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
