2006-08-30 12:47:44 UTC
tmdns is no longer actively maintained. Most people use the mDNSResponder software available from
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/internet/bonjour.html.
If you like to get this to work, I need more information. Could you manually check if tmdns is really announcing the information correctly?
You can use the Debian package "mdns-scan", which is a bit crude but does it's job. You should see something like:
% mdns-scan
+ IMWL._http._tcp.local
(and perhaps more lines; press control-C to abort).
If you see this, you can check if there is an SRV and a TXT record associated with IMWL._http._tcp.local. For example, try:
% dig -p 5353 ANY IMWL._http._tcp.local @224.0.0.251
Again a bit crude, since dig uses unicast instead of multicast, but it does the job. You should see an "ANSWER SECTION" containing:
IMWL._http._tcp.local. 10 IN SRV 0 0 80 MyComputer.local.
IMWL._http._tcp.local. 10 IN TXT "path=/dir/"
Now, the final test if you can really reach this service. Based on the output of dig, go to the webpage:
http://MyComputer.local./dir/
There are better (GUI based) debugging tools, but these are the ones quickly available as Debian package as far as I know.
Regards,
Freek
