Documentation/Maemo PC Connectivity Tutorial/Automatic Service Publishing

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Maemo PC Connectivity automatically announces Samba shares, NFS shares, [[SSH]], X11VNC and SBRSH through Avahi. Due to this, host PCs can easily find the services available from a Maemo device. Avahi is an open-source implementation of the ZeroConf. It is used to facilitate the discovery of services on a local network. It allows a Maemo device to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example, you can plug in a Maemo device to a network and a Linux or Mac OS X host PC instantly finds disk shares and other network services running on your Maemo device.
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= Automatic Service Publishing =
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{{ambox|text=Avahi has not yet been included in Host PC Connectivity for Windows and thus automatic Maemo device service publishing does not work with Windows host PCs.}}
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Maemo PC Connectivity automatically announces Samba shares, NFS shares, SSH, X11VNC and SBRSH through Avahi. Due to this, host PCs can easily find the services available from a Maemo device. Avahi is an open-source implementation of the ZeroConf. It is used to facilitate the discovery of services on a local network. It allows a Maemo device to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example, you can plug in a Maemo device to a network and a Linux or Mac OS X host PC instantly finds disk shares and other network services running on your Maemo device.
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== Using Avahi on Linux ==
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First, you should install <span><font face="monospace">avahi-discover</font></span> by executing the following command:
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Next, you can use the <span><font face="monospace">avahi-discover</font></span> utility to see all services announced by the Maemo device, figure [[#fig:pc_connectivity_mpc_linux_avahi_discover|7.1]].
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Next, you can use the <code>avahi-discover</code> utility to see all services announced by the Maemo device, figure [[#figure-pc_connectivity_mpc_linux_avahi_discover|7.1]].
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= Using Avahi on Mac OS X =
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[[Image:mpc_linux_avahi_discover.png|frame|center|alt=Screenshot of Linux Avahi discovery dialog|Figure 7.1: Linux Avahi Discovery dialog]]
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Samba and NFS shares from a Maemo device are automatically shown in the '''SHARED''' section of the '''Finder''' application, figure [[#fig:pc_connectivity_mpc_mac_avahi_finder|7.2]].
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== Using Avahi on Mac OS X ==
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Samba and NFS shares from a Maemo device are automatically shown in the '''SHARED''' section of the '''Finder''' application, figure [[#figure-pc_connectivity_mpc_mac_avahi_finder|7.2]].
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[[Image:mpc_mac_avahi_finder.png|frame|center|alt=Screenshot of Mac OS X Finder|Figure 7.2: Mac OS X Finder application]]
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Latest revision as of 11:23, 4 November 2010

Maemo PC Connectivity automatically announces Samba shares, NFS shares, SSH, X11VNC and SBRSH through Avahi. Due to this, host PCs can easily find the services available from a Maemo device. Avahi is an open-source implementation of the ZeroConf. It is used to facilitate the discovery of services on a local network. It allows a Maemo device to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example, you can plug in a Maemo device to a network and a Linux or Mac OS X host PC instantly finds disk shares and other network services running on your Maemo device.

Image:Ambox_notice.png
 Avahi has not yet been included in Host PC Connectivity for Windows and thus automatic Maemo device service publishing does not work with Windows host PCs.

[edit] Using Avahi on Linux

First, you should install avahi-discover by executing the following command: 

$ sudo apt-get install avahi-discover

Next, you can use the avahi-discover utility to see all services announced by the Maemo device, figure 7.1.

File:Mpc linux avahi discover.png
Figure 7.1: Linux Avahi Discovery dialog

[edit] Using Avahi on Mac OS X

Samba and NFS shares from a Maemo device are automatically shown in the SHARED section of the Finder application, figure 7.2.

File:Mpc mac avahi finder.png
Figure 7.2: Mac OS X Finder application
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