Zeroconfig and Multicast DNS

[Pat Lashley]

> Um..wouldn't the routing code handle this?
> If you set a lla address and some other address on a interface like 
192.168.0.2
> or something and then a default route of 192.168.0.1, I
> would assume that an application without specific knowledge that tries
> to contact an external address would get 192.168.0.2 as the source
> address and that the packet is sent to 192.168.0.1.

It should handle it; but I'd still want someone to check out various edge 
conditions and pathological cases.

> If you're in the situation that you need lla (no dhcp server available),

The presence or absence of a DHCP server is not a good indicator of the need or 
desire for LLA and/or mDNS. It is quite possible that the system is in a mixed 
environment where there are some systems which are LLA/mDNS only, others which 
are DHCP/static/unicast DNS only, and others which handle both.


> you wouldn't know the default route right?

I believe that there is a way to announce routing service via mDNS-SD; but I 
don't know the details. (I would be astonished to discover that the people who 
developed the zeroconfig design left that bit out...)



-Pat