[PD] [OT] Portable webserver with static IP

[Olivier Heinry]

Le 12/09/2012 11:09, Pierre Massat a écrit :
> I did some research on the web and found that some people use samba
> for the same purpose (reach a computer in the local network by its
> hostname).
> What are the differences between avahi and samba ?
Samba is primarily a file-sharing server-client program, not a
decentralized name service. Plus it's fat.
> Do they both require a client on the other end ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pierre.
>
> 2012/9/11 Pierre Massat <pimassat at gmail.com <mailto:pimassat at gmail.com>>
>
>     zeronconf looks pretty close indeed to what I was looking for...
>     I'll give it a try tonight and will report the results shortly!
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Pierre.
>
>
>     2012/9/11 Charles Goyard <cg at fsck.fr <mailto:cg at fsck.fr>>
>
>         Hi,
>
>         let me advocate zeronconf vs. static IP a little more.
>
>         Charles Goyard wrote:
>         > Keep dhcp on to satisfy the network topology, and try zeroconf.
>
>         Also, it can perfectly be that mdns is enabled by default on
>         Raspian.
>         You can check by issuing a "ping yourpihostname.local" from
>         the raspi.
>
>         I find the static IP way a lot more time consuming and error
>         prone. The
>         IP you choose can be free at the moment you set it, but if a new
>         computer pops up in the network, you can have a conflict.
>         Example: on my
>         network my printer has a reserved IP in the DHCP
>         configuration. If you
>         happen to pick this apparently available IP and I turn the
>         printer on,
>         that's a big mess, because you have not respected the network
>         administrator's work :).
>
>         Zeroconf has been made for that: you know nothing about the
>         network and
>         still you're reachable by name. Easy, fast, default on Ubuntu
>         and Apples.
>
>         Search "avahi" in this page:
>         http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38/prepare-for-ssh-without-a-screen
>
>         To have zeroconf installed in windows:
>         http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999
>         (yes, it's supposed to be about printers but it works for the
>         whole
>         system)
>
>         Cheers,
>
>         --
>         Charles
>
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