mDNS Responder Application¶

Overview¶

This application will wait mDNS queries for a pre-defined hostname and respond to them. The default hostname is zephyr and it is set in the prj.conf file.

Requirements¶

Networking with the host system
avahi or similar mDNS capable application that is able to query mDNS information.

Building and Running¶

Build and run the mdns-responder sample application like this:

west build -b <board to use> samples/net/mdns_responder -- -DCONF_FILE=<config file to use>

After the mdns-responder sample application is started, it will wait queries from the network.

Open a terminal window in your host and type:

$ avahi-resolve -4 -n zephyr.local

If the query is successful, then following information is printed:

zephyr.local        192.0.2.1

For a IPv6 query, type this:

$ avahi-resolve -6 -n zephyr.local

If the query is successful, then following information is printed:

zephyr.local        2001:db8::1