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Date:      Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:03:56 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder
Message-ID:  <20051017160356.GB13792@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <BF792547.3E4%chowse@charter.net>
References:  <BF792547.3E4%chowse@charter.net>

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:54:15AM -0500, Charles Howse wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in System
> Preferences tells me that other machines on the network can access as
> 'larry.local'.
> 
> I have a FreeBSD 4.11 machine on the same subnet, named "moe" (no
> domain name), with NFS enabled.
> 
> I can connect to the FreeBSD machine's share by using "Connect to
> Server" in OS X, but the machine doesn't show up in the Network pane
> of Finder.
> 
> Can anyone point me to some resources where I can find a resolution to
> this?  -- 

I think others are pointing you in the wrong direction. MacOS uses
Bonjour to discover local net resources. Believe this may have been
previously called Rendezvous.
http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/

net/howl and net/mDNSResponder mention Bonjour specifically.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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