diff --git a/mdns.md b/mdns.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea092b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/mdns.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Multicast DNS + +# Setting it up on your pi (or other linux system) + +Setup Multicast DNS discovery of ssh in a Terminal with the [Avahi](https://wiki.debian.org/Avahi) package (usually preinstalled) + +We tell the avahi daemon to publish ssh `sudo cp /usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples/ssh.service /etc/avahi/services/` + We restart the daemon to see the file: `sudo systemctl restart avahi-daemon` + See if you can find your IP and MAC address with `avahi-browse -a`. You may have to install the program first with `sudo apt install avahi-utils`. If the browser doesn't show other devices, multicast is probably broken.