Bonjour Zeroconf Networking For Windows and Linux
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Last updated on 2023-08-24 04:21:39 PM EDT
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Overview 3
• Mac OS X and BeagleBone Black:
• Linux (including Raspberry Pi):
• Microsoft Windows:
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Overview
Zeroconf (aka Bonjour, very rarely Rendezvous) is a group of technologies to
“automagically” discover systems and services on a local area network.
With the proliferation of embedded, networked Raspberry Pi projects, it can be a
chore to keep track of numeric IP addresses for each. Dynamically-assigned
addresses (via DHCP) can further confuse the issue.
Zeroconf helps by assigning the system a name (e.g. raspberrypi.local instead of
192.168.0.42). It can then be easily accessed from other computers on the local
network…provided they’re also running Zeroconf! It’s needed at both ends.
Here’s how to set that up…
Mac OS X and BeagleBone Black:
Nothing to be done. Support for Bonjour/Zeroconf is already baked in!
Linux (including Raspberry Pi):
This includes systems running the application (e.g. OctoPrint or Cupcade) as well as
other Linux systems accessing those applications (or for remote administration).
Zeroconf is provided through an optional package called Avahi. It’s super easy to
install from the command line:
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
This takes about five minutes. Once installed, the system can be contacted from other
computers at hostname.local, where hostname is either the default (raspberrypi) or an
alternate name assigned in the Advanced menu of raspi-config. If the SSH server is
enabled (also via the Advanced menu), remote login is possible via ssh, and files can
be transferred to and from the system using sftp or scp.
If the system will be sharing a network with any Mac computers, I like to install Netatal
k:
sudo apt-get install netatalk
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This adds support for Apple Filing Protocol, making it easy to move files back and
forth in the Finder. The system will be listed in the Finder sidebar if “Bonjour
computers” is enabled in the Sidebar preferences. Otherwise use the “Connect to
Server…” option under the Go menu. In either case, you’ll need to provide your name
and password (e.g. “pi” and “raspberry” by default, not your Mac credentials).
Microsoft Windows:
Windows doesn’t have Zeroconf support out of the box, but a few popular
applications slip it in for their own needs, including Skype, Apple’s iTunes and Adobe
Photoshop CS3 or later. So you might not need to add anything at all!
Otherwise, it’s most easily installed using Bonjour Print Services for Windows 2.0.2 ().
The newest-and-shiniest version 3.0 is only available in the iTunes installer (). So one
option is to simply install iTunes, even if you don’t plan to use it.
Some users are understandably reluctant to install unneeded software. In that case,
Bonjour 3 can still be installed with a little trick: download the iTunes installer but
don’t run it. Using an archive utility like 7-Zip () or WinRAR, you’ll discover there’s a
separate Bonjour installer inside. Just extract and run that one piece, and you’re
done!
Once installed, Zeroconf systems on the local network can then be accessed by name
instead of numbers…in a web browser, for example, one might reach a Raspberry Pi
hosting OctoPrint () at http://octopi.local
