Why not just write a DNS-SD daemon that will send some URP packets and then the peers can resolve the hostname?
http://www.dns-sd.org On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 at 02:04, Tim Hardisty <timhardist...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not a NuttX question, as such, more a basic embedded device networking > question. But you’re all so helpful, and it’s NuttX things I need to do > this :-) > > I have just tried the recently added CDC/NCM USB networking and it works > very nicely. Coupled with DHCPD, I can have a PC (Windows or Linux; not > tried MAC yet) get an IP address and immediately I can exchange data > (well…ping between them). And I have set a hostname for my NuttX “gadget” > and uname reports it properly. > > My intention is to implement a simple web server on the device so as to be > able to plug in to it via usb, go to a browser, and go to “http://gadget” > rather than “http://10.0.0.10” (for example). > > This is DNS…but my embedded networking knowledge is limited and I am not > sure what NuttX tools/daemons/examples/whatever I need to use for this? > > I don’t think a hosts file on the gadget is right, as the PC can’t use > that to match hostname to IP (and editing a hosts file on the PC is not an > option in this case). So probably the gadget needs to also be a DNS server? > But I can’t find much information on how to use the NuttX implementation of > this. > > Have I got that right or am I missing something? > > Happy to repay “information that leads to a successful prosecution” ;-) by > adding to the NuttX “How To” documentation if appropriate > > Thanks, > > TimJTi.
