On 11/4/2016 13:03, Michael B Allen wrote:
Is mDNS supposed to coexist with DNS? I have a proper DNS server but if I just try to ping an FQDN it tries mDNS UDP 5353 which fails. OTOH I just installed my printer and I'm guessing mDNS helped with that so maybe mDNS is something I need? I have no experience with mDNS but I am assuming that I will need to just disable it to get DNS to work correctly. Mike _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My understanding is mDNS is meant to be used when there is no local name server. If you have a DNS server it would probably be best to disable mDNS so you're not adding unneeded complexity. I dont know specifically how it's meant to fail over to DNS if mDNS fails to resolve a name. I imagine the host you're trying to reach would just ignore the mDNS packet, causing a failure, then your computer should reach out to the DNS server that is configured on the device. It is supposed to be able to coexist with traditional DNS but that defeats the purpose of mDNS to be honest.
Regards, Bryon _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
