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[Robert Stratton]

The magic phrase you might want to search for in the Android developer context is "Network Service Discovery." Android does do DNS-SD. 

----- On Jan 24, 2019, at 4:03 PM, Alex Fraser <beatnic at comcast.net> wrote: 

> Oh bummer, Android don't do mDNS!

> Alex Fraser wrote on 1/24/2019 2:16 PM:
>> I quickly lost control of my machine's IP addresses. The pain increased to the
>> point where it overcame my reluctance to change. BTW I avoided getting choped
>> in two by the trap by triggering it with a bit of old ethernet cable. I
>> savoured the cheese, you bet. While munching my morsal I searched the web.
>> This site worked for me. I like it when the commands are in little boxes so I
>> can cut and paste into my SSH terminal box. With dual screen you can move
>> quickly.
>> [
>> https://www.howtogeek.com/167190/how-and-why-to-assign-the-.local-domain-to-your-raspberry-pi/
>> |
>> https://www.howtogeek.com/167190/how-and-why-to-assign-the-.local-domain-to-your-raspberry-pi/
>> ]

>> Sure a lot of bang for the buck, sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon It went so
>> quickly that I thought it might not work, but it does.

>> They had a nice write up on how Windows tried to implement mDNS and where to
>> find the Apple Bonjour software.
>> It seems to work too.

>> Alex Fraser wrote on 1/19/2019 7:18 PM:
>>> Some amazing stuff. I was wondering if you could make a local DNS server for the
>>> house. I was thinking of looking into that, but it seems it has already been
>>> done. I like that mDNS will work with regular DNS. I will have to evolve into
>>> this. I figure if I keep trying to keep track my network stuff with hand
>>> written files, that eventually it will be so painful and hard that learning a
>>> bunch of new stuff will be the easy way out.... Does building a better mouse
>>> trap only create smarter mice? Wait a minute I see some cheese

>>> Samudra Haque wrote on 1/18/2019 8:15 PM:
>>>> Can mDNS not help here? I use pi4.local to permanently access the RPi0 across
>>>> several cable modem boot and DHCP assignment/refresh as I am always plugging in
>>>> other stuff on temporary basis, even though the Pi zero W is wireless
>>>> connected.

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