[Olsr-dev] mDNS plugin new features ready for push

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I get the general idea of why you'd want mDNS on the mesh, I don't understand why this plugin wouldn't also work only with mesh nodes.  It seems to me that this plugin is only for relaying mDNS messages that originate from a infrastructure mode network associated to a mesh via HNA.

Is the idea that this plugin will work in conjunction with another plugin to provide mDNS for all situations?  Or is there a reason why you're specifically avoiding letting mesh nodes send mDNS?

.hc

On Jul 23, 2012, at 7:02 AM, ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) wrote:

> There is a paper where I explain everything:
> http://zioproto.ninux.org/download/publications/mdns-plugin-paper.pdf
> 
> ciao,
> 
> Saverio
> 
> 
> 2012/7/23 Hans-Christoph Steiner <(spam-protected)>:
>> 
>> Sounds very specific, what use case do you have in mind for it?  How does this compare to the BMF plugin/
>> 
>> .hc
>> 
>> On Jul 22, 2012, at 2:34 PM, ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Hans,
>>> 
>>> please note that the mDNS plugin let's the hosts on not-olsr networks
>>> attached to the OLSR router (and usually announced via HNA entries) to
>>> use mDNS across the mesh. Read carefully the README in the mdns folder
>>> to discover more.
>>> 
>>> it is a different thing about the mDNS messages generated from the
>>> OLSR router. The plugin is not able to intercept those messages.
>>> If you dig in the archives of the mailing list you will find an
>>> attempt to do this, configuring the local avahi-demon to use the
>>> loopback interface. However it did not work out back at the time.
>>> 
>>> In other words, if your Android Cell-Phone is also the OLSR router, it
>>> will not work to use mDNS.
>>> If your Adroid phone is connected to a AP, that is further connected
>>> to a OLSR backbone, then mDNS is what you need :)
>>> 
>>> ciao,
>>> 
>>> Saverio
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2012/7/22 Hans-Christoph Steiner <(spam-protected)>:
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know enough about that code to comment on it, but I'm happy to
>>>> see mDNS support in development!  We plan on including it in own Android
>>>> client so that people can do XMPP-Bonjour chat across a mesh.
>>>> 
>>>> .hc
>>>> 
>>>> On 07/22/2012 10:44 AM, ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> my student successfully finished the GSoC mid-term with just a few
>>>>> days of delay on his schedule.
>>>>> 
>>>>> please look at this work on mDNS plugin:
>>>>> https://github.com/zioproto/olsrd-gsoc2012/commits/mDNS-plugin-GSOC
>>>>> 
>>>>> it looks stable to us, but the more eyeballs the better
>>>>> 
>>>>> we would like to push it into stable before the 0.6.4 release.
>>>>> 
>>>>> if there are not negative feedback I will push it in a few days after
>>>>> we finish a more extensive testing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ciao :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Saverio
>>>>> 
>>>>> PS we are now moving on more work on the metrics that has nothing to
>>>>> do with the mDNS plugin.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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