I did. However I found out that there's not much difference in the case of host resolution. When hosts line is like the following: $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | grep hosts hosts: files dns I can ping office.local from other machines on the network. If I change that line like this: hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns mdns4 then I realized that host resolution is a little bit more slower. Connecting via SSH takes 3-4 seconds longer. Even if I change the line like this, office.local becomes inaccessible after a few minutes. I tried enabling avahi-dnsconfd which also made no difference. --- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 14:32, Jochen Maes (Gcool) <gcool.be@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Have you configured your /etc/nsswitch.conf (server side) as suggested > on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Avahi#Hostname_resolution ? > > 2012/4/5, Alper Kanat <tunix@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hey There, > > > > I've installed an Arch Linux server in our office for serving files over > > the network via Bonjour/avahi. All computers are connected to an ADSL > modem > > via wireless. Only the server is connected via LAN. When I start the > > server, I can ping it: > > > > --- CMD OUTPUT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > $ ping office.local > > PING office.local (192.168.1.107): 56 data bytes > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.080 ms > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.671 ms > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.979 ms > > ^C > > --- office.local ping statistics --- > > 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss > > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.979/1.243/1.671/0.305 ms > > > > $ ping 192.168.1.107 > > PING 192.168.1.107 (192.168.1.107): 56 data bytes > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.194 ms > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.229 ms > > ^C > > --- 192.168.1.107 ping statistics --- > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss > > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.194/1.212/1.229/0.017 ms > > > > After a few minutes however I can't ping it using the .local address: > > > > *$ ping office.local* > > *ping: cannot resolve office.local: Unknown host* > > > > $ ping 192.168.1.107 > > PING 192.168.1.107 (192.168.1.107): 56 data bytes > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.375 ms > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.562 ms > > ^C > > --- 192.168.1.107 ping statistics --- > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss > > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.375/1.469/1.562/0.094 ms > > > > --- CMD OUTPUT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > If I restart avahi-daemon, we can ping office.local for another few > > minutes. Any ideas? > > > > --- > > Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? > > >
