Discover Zeroconf/Bonjour Nodes?

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Nate picture Nate · Feb 26, 2009 · Viewed 9.6k times · Source

Is there an easy way to scan a given network for Bonjour/Zeroconf services?

I have a set of computers (Linux, Windows, Apple) and would like to auto-generate a list of all available Zeroconf-capable, networked nodes in my Intranet.

Answer

Nate picture Nate · Mar 3, 2009

If using Linux and the Avahi-Daemon, it looks like Avahi-Discover is worth an investigation.

You'll obviously have to download/install/launch it though. On Ubuntu/Debian, you can use the following:

% sudo apt-get install avahi-discover

And launch GUI with:

% avahi-discover

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