We have a server that we want to be able to advertise via zeroconf. We
have a client library that we want to be able to check for available
servers in the local area as well. Our software is primarily for *nix,
but it compiles for Darwin/MacOSX and for Windows using MinGW. We do
not want to assume that the host machine is zeroconf enabled (our
server is installed most frequently on Linux).
To use zeroconf, as I understand it, we will need to:
1. On the server, add a thread that listens for zeroconf requests for
our service
2. On the server, periodically broadcast availability our service over
multicast
3. On the client, add the ability to send multicast service requests
and listen for responses
In zeroconf, is there some concept of a local area deamon that caches
service announcements (like in SLP) or do all service providers (of
that type) respond to each request for the service type?
Thanks,
Scott
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Scott Atchley 865-974-0511 voice
Research Leader
Logistical Computing and Internetworking Lab
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
http://loci.cs.utk.edu/
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