Networking without configuring stuff is fun!

evdvelde · 2008-01-09 16:23:40

Everyone who is responsible for computers knows those stupid little jobs of configuring printers, setting IP adresses and gateways, configuring DNS servers, etc.

In this thread I would like to sum up applications that make live easier, applications and settings that enable a kind of automatic configuration in the network.
A few examples to start the thread:

[*] cups: use CUPS Browsing to find printers on the network, no need to configure printers on the client hosts in the network, just listen to broadcasts
[*] dhcp (of course): configure IP addresses, gateways, dns servers and even ntp servers and lots more automatically
[*] avahi: zeroconfiguration, multicast DNS for the local network

These are the most popular ones I think, but are there other applications like these for other services? Interesting applications that use avahi? Please share it with the other Arch users!

Wilson Phillips · 2008-01-09 18:44:27

Blasphemer!

Zero Configuration? Sounds like the work of demons I tell you.

Thou shalt learnest thou protocols.

evdvelde · 2008-01-10 09:06:40

The thread seems to receive no responses, except from a strange priest who preaches hard work and less free time

Wilson Phillips · 2008-01-10 11:22:08

If they keep making PCs simpler, it will put me out of a job. Seriously, though we have come a long way. It is getting to the point where a user can connect an ethernet cable and automatically see everything on the subnet.

vuboy · 2008-03-25 14:57:13

LMAO, so sorry for this useless post but it's a funny thread.

Thanks for the chuckles.

VB

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Networking without configuring stuff is fun!

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