Re: [Banshee-List] iTunes, banshee and DAAP

[Patrick van Staveren <trick vanstaveren us>]

> Hi,
>
> Patrick van Staveren schrieb:
> > I don't have the setup to test it on now, but I used to (a few months
> > ago) run banshee on a linux box, itunes on a windows box, OpenVPN'd
> > the windows box into the network that the linux box is in and it
> > worked great.
> >
> > OpenVPN is a pure IP tunnel - you can do whatever over an OpenVPN
> > connection that you can do over a regular IP connection.  Thus, mDNS
> > and anything else will work :) Michi - just hit up openvpn.org and
> > read - it's far from hard to set up a quick vpn :)
>
> from http://avahi.org/wiki/Avah4users#FAQ :
> By default Avahi will not consider a Point-To-Point link (such as a VPN
> link) for mDNS traffic. This has multiple reasons...

Gotcha - I forgot to mention - I was using OpenVPN in bridge mode, not  
in route (p-t-p) mode.  OpenVPN in bridge mode is literally like  
plugging the remote computer onto the host computer's network.  Might  
explain why it works for me and not others :)

> There is a workaround, which doesn't seem to work for me, I always get
> dozens of "send message failed"-messages on the debug output of avahi.
> Well, for now I share my music over a samba share, which works flawlessly.
> > Wish I could shed some more light on the subject.  Have you tried
> > verifying that DAAP is working properly?  Maybe try using Tangerine
> > and various DAAP browser software to see if you can see your own
> > shares?  I don't have much knowledge on the DAAP subject, other than I
> > know it'll work over a VPN :)
> DAAP itself works, I tested it with telnet, but the mDNS/rendezvous
> protocol, this magic "zeroconf" seems to be the problem :). I will
> survive...
> > For more info on DAAP, Tangerine, and maybe a test util or two, check
> > out www.snorp.net
> Checking it out, thanks.
>
> Greetings,
> Dominik
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Cheers,

Patrick