On 12 Aug 2009, at 08:59, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 04:25, Caroline
> Meeks<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This is turning out to be a very important concept to explain to
>>> people. Does anyone know of any educational material that can
>>> help people understand this distinction and how to set up a
>>> network correctly.
>>> We should put this information
>>> here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Collaboration
>>
> How does Apple explain that a printer is seen only if in the same
> network segment? (or iChat or any other of their services that use
> mDNS).
Good question :-) They don't, well not much, here's a support doc
regarding iChat and Bonjour:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iChat/4.0/en/9717.html
Here's the cherry pickings:
"You can use Bonjour to chat with other iChat users on your local
network without using an instant message account or server. Each
computer communicates directly with its neighbors. Other iChat users
who are on the same network segment (”subnet”) as you appear in the
window. If you connect to the Internet using PPP (or PPPoE), you won’t
see other Bonjour users. If you connect via a shared network segment,
which is common with cable modems, you may see other iChat users. If
your computer is protected by a firewall, you might be unable to
receive messages from other Bonjour users. To use Bonjour, you need to
change your firewall settings to allow activity on port 5298."
Regards,
--Gary
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