BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 12:50:35
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP
From: "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler AT tolaris DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:49:23 +0100
On 2012-03-28 17:26, Tim Fletcher wrote:
> Can you use mDNS aka Bonjour aka Avahi depending on the flavor of the
> implementation?
> 
> If you can ping <machinename>.local then you might have a chance to make
> it work as the machine (normally) is the one that is replying to the
> mDNS request.

mDNS works great for us. However, we also use normal DHCP+DNS integration
for hosts outside the backup server's LAN (where mDNS doesn't reach).

Regards,
Tyler

-- 
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evidence."
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