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yell!

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Registered: 2011-05-16

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Avahi needs continous restarts to properly work

My headless server uses a script to check the presence of other machines on my home network every 5 minutes. I programmed that script using local hostnames instead of IPs due to the presence of DHCP.
I configured my headless server (arch powered) to use avahi as documented on the arch wiki.
Avahi resolves correctly the hostnames when it's started but, after a while, avahi doesn't resolve them any more. The only way to get it working is by restarting it, like an auto-restart every 5 minutes.
The problem is not uncommon on the internet, but I didn't find a solution yet.
Logs seem ok.

Any ideas?

Last edited by yell! (2016-11-13 22:27:39)

ninian

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: Avahi needs continous restarts to properly work

I seem to have a similar problem on our network, with one laptop especially badly affected.
Haven't managed to pin down what's happening.
But, in the immortal phrase ... "something must have changed"