On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Brian Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >> yeah, very racy, and a bad idea. ;)
>> >>
>> >> So i now have things working a littler closer to a connman only
>> >> solution..
>> >>
>> >> Drop dnsmasq/create_ap, add back udhcpd
>> >>
>> >> usb0 : udhcpd (192.168.7.2)
>> >> wlan0: connman ap (192.168.0.1)
>
>
> Assuming Connman manages wlanx (AP or STA) as well as ethx.

Correct

>  I presume you
> have told Connman to ignore usbx  interfaces in /etc/connman/main.conf?

Here's the configuration i'm using at the moment, i'll test adding an
ignore for usbx

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/blob/master/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh#L190-L220

>> >> Windows 10 (usb0, beaglebone.local doesn't work)
>
>
> Hmm.  So, if udhcpd is managing the _static_ address on usb0, then counting
> on mDNS hostname discovery in no longer a requirement, just a nice to have?
> For Windoze users, they call still access via static IP, other platforms can
> access via static IP via hostname.local.  With that said, if we do include
> mDNS for Windoze users, and start advertising hostname.local as the
> _preferred_ way of access, then _eventually_ we could rid ourselves of the
> static IP access method.

Yeah, once we find a Windows "mDNS" discovery (like Bonjour but
distribtable) we can stick in that in the flash drive that pop's up,
and switch usb0 to connman..

>
> Also, this Wikipedia article on ".local" is enlightening.  The article
> suggests that counting on hostname.local resolution may not scale well to
> Windoze environments.

I think as long as it works on one, that's good enough for out of box. ;)

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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