Ok, what I really need is a name annoucer. <br>Now, if avahi is installed on my RPi machine called "server_pi" (that I would like to use as a server), can I access it from any other machine connected to the local network by using "<a href="http://server_pi">http://server_pi</a>" in a web browser, or do I need to have something installed on the client machine first (like Bonjour if it's a windows PC)? I'd rather not install anything on the "client" machine.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Pierre.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/9/12 Charles Goyard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cg@fsck.fr" target="_blank">cg@fsck.fr</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">Pierre Massat wrote:<br>
> I did some research on the web and found that some people use samba for the<br>
> same purpose (reach a computer in the local network by its hostname).<br>
> What are the differences between avahi and samba ?<br>
<br>
</div>Zeroconf/avahi is meant for standadized automatic discovery/announce of<br>
ressources on a network.<br>
<br>
Samba (Windows shared folders) is meant for shared folders. It happens<br>
to announce the names too. This is because when SMB arrived (long ago),<br>
there was no such things as Zeroconf.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Do they both require a client on the other end ?<br>
<br>
</div>To make it short, you can see avahi as a general purpose version of the<br>
samba name announcer.<br>
<br>
The client can be firefox, ftp, ping, pd, whatever service you use.<br>
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