On 13/08/2009, at 11:03 PM, Petri Virkkala wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm working on software for mesh networking that uses Avahi for > service discovery. > > I'm publishing the mesh stations in /etc/avahi/services/ with my own > service type. The .service file is created when a user joins the > network and deleted when user leaves from it. > > The problem is that if user is disconnected from the network by - > let's say unplugging the usb wlan adapter - the station still > appears in the Avahi Discovery (and in the software) for too long. > Is there a way to control the timeout when using .service files? > > Thanks for your time, > Petri > _______________________________________________ > avahi mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/avahi
The /etc/avahi/services file is only really a hack to allow daemons and programs that don't support Avahi to be able to at least somehow advertise that they are there. If you are writing your own service, then you will be much better off interacting with Avahi through the shared library from within your daemon/app - that way additions, edits and removals of your service are thrown to the network immediately. Rob _______________________________________________ avahi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/avahi
