Re: Support for direct connection without cross cable / Run Avahi Zeroconfig Services

[Daniel Yek <danieyek alumni washington edu>]

+AD4 I noticed that windows can setup networking 
+AD4 to a direct-connected ... device 
+AD4 (tested ... with network-drives, such as WD MyBook World) 
+AD4 with ... straight ... ethernet cable.

Hi,

Could you make sure that you installed and ran Avahi?

I think Avahi could enable this same easy, direct, connection
with your WD MyBook World.

I don't have a way to test it now, but
I am interested to find out if you have luck with Avahi.


WD MyBook World and Windows implemented 
zeroconfig networking (with address range: 169.254.x.x/255.255.0.0),
which make the direct connection works.

(I think not needing the cross cable is the 
Ethernet support/chipset thing, not software.)

Without Avahi, it is possible that a Linux command such as this:
+ACM ifconfig address 169.254.1.23 eth0

could enable HTTP connection to WD MyBook World.


Tips: These might work (and should work with Avahi running):
+ACQ ping mybookworld

http://mybookworld/

(Zeroconfig hostname resolution.)


Not sure what support should be added to NM here,
but there might be work to do
to add missing browsing support in toolkits/apps
that can use devices services.


Resources:
Dr. Stuart Cheshire gives a Zeroconf talk to the Google engineers:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid+AD0--7398680103951126462

Zero Configuration Networking (Zeroconf) IETF Working Group:
http://www.zeroconf.org/

zcip:
http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/zcip
  +AD0 ZeroConfig IP package.


Regards,

-- 
Daniel Yek

On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 21:18 +-0700, Arief M Utama wrote:
+AD4 Hi all,
+AD4 
+AD4 
+AD4 I'm just wondering, and might as well send the message on the list, in
+AD4 case someone has more ideas.
+AD4 
+AD4 On recent windows, with recent network cards, I noticed (on a couple
+AD4 laptops) that windows can setup networking to a direct-connected to
+AD4 another device (tested couple of times with network-drives, such as WD
+AD4 MyBook World) with simple straight forward ethernet cable. No crossing
+AD4 needed.
+AD4 
+AD4 I'm wondering if NM (or linux?) can support this as well?
+AD4 
+AD4 I'd appreciate any pointers on this issue.
+AD4 
+AD4 Thanks for your time :)
+AD4 
+AD4 
+AD4 All the best.
+AD4 -arief