From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 12 15:13:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A731065676 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:13:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sagara@tomahawk.com.sg) Received: from us1.tomahawkonline.net (us1.tomahawkonline.net [66.98.178.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B428F8FC0A for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:13:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 3258 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2009 11:52:27 -0000 Received: from 219.75.12.238 (HELO ?192.168.1.64?) (sagara@tomahawk.com.sg@219.75.12.238) by us1.tomahawkonline.net with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 12 Sep 2009 11:52:27 -0000 Message-ID: <4AABBAD9.7040005@tomahawk.com.sg> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:14:33 +0800 From: Sagara Wijetunga User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090703) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: How to setup mDNSResponder on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:13:08 -0000 Hi all I have installed the net/mDNSResponder port on a FreeBSD 7.2 i386 computer. Set to launch the mdnsd on start up (in /etc/rc.conf). Changed "hosts" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to "hosts: files mdns dns". Rebooted. "mDNSIdentify name.local" immediately shows the IP address of the other computer but "ping name.local" shows following message: ping: cannot resolve name.local: Unknown host Its the same for ssh too. Is there anything else to set up in FreeBSD? Appreciate your reply. Sagara