DNS-SD publishing of KISS over TCP service on Linux and Mac #307
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This allows client applications to locate the IP addresses and the port of the KISS TCP service, allowing the end user to just select a Dire Wolf from a list instead of trying to guess its dynamic IP address and typing it in manually. This is especially convenient on mobile devices. On Linux, the standard Avahi daemon is used via dbus and the avahi-client library. Building with it requires installing the development header package; README.md is updated accordingly. On Mac, the MacOS dnssd API is used: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/dnssd?language=objc I don't have Windows, but more recent Windows 10 builds apparently have a working DNS-SD mDNS implementation that can be used on 64-bit builds.
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This has been merged into 'dev' development branch. Will be in release 1.7. |
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Excellent, thank you! |
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This allows client applications to locate the IP addresses and the port of the KISS TCP service, allowing the end user to just select a Dire Wolf from a list instead of trying to guess its dynamic IP address and typing it in manually. This is especially convenient on mobile devices, but it would be great to do this on desktop client apps as well.
On Linux, the standard Avahi daemon is used via dbus and the avahi-client library. Building with it requires installing the development header package; README.md is updated accordingly.
On Mac, the MacOS dnssd API is used:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/dnssd?language=objc
I don't have Windows, but more recent Windows 10 builds apparently have a working DNS-SD mDNS implementation that can be used on 64-bit builds.
Demo video on iPhone: https://twitter.com/aprsfi/status/1343652123452575744
Specification proposal for DNS-SD of KISS TNCs over TCP: https://github.com/hessu/aprs-specs/blob/master/TCP-KISS-DNS-SD.md