Yes - my initial research suggests mDNS and Bonjour/Avahi are essentially- if not actually - the same. I’m sure there’s some code out there, hopefully good enough - and lacking license restrictions - so if I get it working I’ll submit a PR.
I have my “gadget” acting as DHCP and web servers now, and can plug USB into Linux or Windows and get “no messing about by the user” browsing but only by IP address at the moment. Playing around with USB MSD as a parallel activity and, as per usual, it plays with Linux out of the NuttX box but not Windows. Sigh. > On 9 Oct 2024, at 18:49, Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Isn't there Bonjour/Avahi that can make something like this work on a > local network, at least when accessed from a computer that supports > Bonjour/Avahi? I think this is how printers are automatically > discovered on a network. > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 9:02 AM Tim Hardisty <timhardist...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yes - I think mDNS might be a good way so I am looking at this. If I get >> it working can work on a PR to add such a thing as a NETUTIL and/or >> example :-) >> >> “http://gadget.local <http://gadget.local/>" is fine and (probably) correct >> anyway. >> >> On 09/10/2024 07:34, David Alessio wrote: >>>> On Oct 8, 2024, at 12:56 PM, 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. >>> The first thought that comes to my mind is to run an mDNS responder on the >>> NuttX side. Its hostname will need to be “gadget”. You may need to settle >>> for “http://gadget.local <http://gadget.local/>"
