On 28 Mar 2012, at 17:49, "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler AT tolaris DOT com> wrote:

> 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).

Would an avahi reflector help you reach those remote hosts?

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