So, even if you setup static DNS-SD records, the Airplay receiver (Apple
TV) and Airplay transmitter (iPad, iPhone, or Mac running Mountain Lion)
have to be in the same subnet.

That is the reason for the 1st request in the petition.

-Neil

-- 
Neil Johnson
Network Engineer
The University of Iowa
Phone: 319 384-0938
Fax: 319 335-2951
Mobile: 319 540-2081
E-Mail: neil-john...@uiowa.edu






On 7/11/12 8:47 AM, "Chris Murphy" <ch...@mit.edu> wrote:

>Honestly, if I could just enter a FQDN for an Apple TV or a printer I'd
>be ecstatic.
>
>-Chris
>
>On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Danner, Mearl wrote:
>
>> But it's still link-local and requires management of an enterprise-wide
>>flat VLAN architecture. No IP addresses I can see. Just the hardware
>>address.
>> 
>> Don't we want something IP based similar to dynamic DNS? Microsoft
>>provided WINS and then Active Directory to allow their OSes to move from
>>local subnet broadcast based discovery. Novell used SLP when they moved
>>from IPX to IP.
>> 
>> Don't we want Apple to provide us with something similar?
>> 
>> Mearl
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
>>[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kellogg, Brian
>>D.
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:03 PM
>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple Petition
>> 
>> I might be misunderstanding something; if so please correct me.  When I
>>setup a Linux MDNS server the bonjour devices all auto registered with
>>the DNS server so there were no entries I had to manually create.  I
>>used a subdomain to keep them from cluttering up the our root domain for
>>all bonjour devices, but I only tested with a handful of devices and
>>found that some devices would not query MDNS for the resource records.
>> 
>> -Brian
>> ________________________________________
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
>>[WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Johnson, Neil M
>>[neil-john...@uiowa.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:41 PM
>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Apple Petition
>> 
>> My concern is that certain fields appear to contain dynamic information
>>like the software version (see "srcvers=120.2) and other information
>>(what does "35CF2488F02660B1" mean ?).
>> 
>> The only way it seems to collect this information is to connect the
>>device to local net, run Bonjour Browser or run "dns-sd -Z" command on a
>>MAC and copy and paste results into your DNS configs.
>> 
>> If certain data is dynamic then, you are out of luck.
>> 
>> -Neil
>> 
>> --
>> Neil Johnson
>> Network Engineer
>> The University of Iowa
>> Phone: 319 384-0938
>> Fax: 319 335-2951
>> Mobile: 319 540-2081
>> E-Mail: neil-john...@uiowa.edu
>> 
>> 
>> From: Joel Coehoorn <jcoeho...@york.edu<mailto:jcoeho...@york.edu>>
>> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
>><WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE
>>.EDU>>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 7:22 PM
>> To: 
>>"WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE
>>.EDU>" 
>><WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE
>>.EDU>>
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple Petition
>> 
>> If those entries work, and are all that is needed, then we're not far
>>from full support. It seems like we could get a tool or set of scripts
>>to automate creating/modifying the needed records.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jul 10, 2012, at 7:11 PM, "Johnson, Neil M"
>><neil-john...@uiowa.edu<mailto:neil-john...@uiowa.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> We looked into DNS-SD,   but with entries like this (example taken from
>>an earlier e-mail from Oscar Silva at the Univ. or Texas , and confirmed
>>by our own testing):
>> 
>> 
>> _airplay._tcp                  PTR     utnet-appletv._airplay._tcp
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> utnet-appletv._airplay._tcp SRV 0 0 7000
>>utnet-appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu<http://utnet-appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu>
>>. ; Replace with unicast FQDN of target host
>> 
>> utnet-appletv._airplay._tcp TXT "deviceid=28:E7:CF:DB:6E:E0"
>>"features=0x39f7" "model=AppleTV2,1" "pw=1" "srcvers=120.2"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _raop._tcp                PTR
>>28E7CFDB6EE0@utnet-appletv._raop._tcp<mailto:28E7CFDB6EE0@utnet-appletv._
>>raop._tcp>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>28E7CFDB6EE0@utnet-appletv._raop._tcp<mailto:28E7CFDB6EE0@utnet-appletv._
>>raop._tcp> SRV 0 0 49152
>>utnet-appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu<http://utnet-appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu>
>>. ; Replace with unicast FQDN of target host
>> 
>> 
>>28E7CFDB6EE0@utnet-appletv._raop._tcp<mailto:28E7CFDB6EE0@utnet-appletv._
>>raop._tcp> TXT "txtvers=1" "ch=2" "cn=0,1,2,3" "da=true" "et=0,3"
>>"md=0,1,2" "pw=true" "sv=false" "sr=44100" "ss=16" "tp=UDP" "vn=65537"
>>"vs=120.2" "am=AppleTV2,1" "sf=0x4"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _appletv-v2._tcp          PTR     35CF2488F02660B1._appletv-v2._tcp
>> 
>> 35CF2488F02660B1._appletv-v2._tcp       SRV     0 0 3689 utnet-
>> 
>> appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu<http://appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu>. ;
>>Replace with unicast FQDN of target host
>> 
>> 
>> 35CF2488F02660B1._appletv-v2._tcp TXT "txtvers=1"
>>"hG=00000000-06f6-4f5d-0171-0bcc51d34d14" "MniT=167845888" "fs=2"
>>"Name=utnet-appletv" "PrVs=65538" "DFID=2" "EiTS=1" "MiTPV=196611"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _sleep-proxy._udp PTR     70-35-60-63\032utnet-appletv._sleep-proxy._udp
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 70-35-60-63\032utnet-appletv._sleep-proxy._udp SRV 0 0 55597
>>utnet-appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu<http://utnet-appletv.bonjour.utexas.edu>
>>. ; Replace with unicast FQDN of target host
>> 
>> 70-35-60-63\032utnet-appletv._sleep-proxy._udp  TXT     ""
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> required for every Apple TV  (and no direction from Apple on what
>>entries/fields are actually required) our DNS admins  were ready with
>>pitch forks and torches if we attempted saddle them with the the
>>responsibility of trying to maintain records for 100's such devices (not
>>to mention printers, etc.).
>> 
>> -Neil
>> 
>> --
>> Neil Johnson
>> Network Engineer
>> The University of Iowa
>> Phone: 319 384-0938
>> Fax: 319 335-2951
>> Mobile: 319 540-2081
>> E-Mail: neil-john...@uiowa.edu<mailto:neil-john...@uiowa.edu>
>> 
>> 
>> From: Garry Peirce <pei...@maine.edu<mailto:pei...@maine.edu>>
>> Reply-To: "pei...@maine.edu<mailto:pei...@maine.edu>"
>><pei...@maine.edu<mailto:pei...@maine.edu>>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:15 AM
>> To: 
>>"WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE
>>.EDU>" 
>><WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE
>>.EDU>>
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple Petition
>> 
>> I'm in support of the collective request to help enable further
>>operational flexibility, although also not sure Apple will feel enough
>>pressure to assist.
>> 
>> To the first item:  'That Apple establish a way for  Apple TV's (and
>>other Bonjour/Airplay enabled devices) be accessible across multiple
>>IPv4 and IPv6 sub-nets."
>> Isn't this item solved to a degree by wide area DNS-SD?
>> If not, I assume this is left open to solve by either making it use a
>>routable mcast addr or by creating some non-standard solution.
>> 
>> Controls will be needed to make sense of all the advertised services
>>and possibly for security/privacy reasons.
>> I would think navigating a large Bonjour enabled subnet for a
>>production service must be an ugly exercise - nevermind if enabled to
>>pass L2 boundaries.
>> Who remembers those IPX service filtering ACLs?  Request #2 might soon
>>follow to network vendors to be able to support Bonjour service
>>filtering.
>> 
>> For production services, wide area DNS-SD seems a better tool to me, as
>>opposed to using the wild west of zeroconf end device advertisements or
>>some special hardware solution.  We've trialed it (static entries) for
>>printing and it seems to work well.
>> This leverages our existing DNS infrastructure, allows for control of
>>the advertised entries, and a uniform naming convention making it easier
>>to identify the service.
>> One could also opt to block 224.0.0.251 altogether, if there is concern
>>about unnecessary device traffic.
>> 
>> So in tandem to supporting this request, I'd also be interested in
>>anyone's recap of their wide area DNS-SD (WAB) environment, the services
>>being advertised , how it is scaling, and any major stumbling blocks.
>> 
>> 
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
>>[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman
>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:00 PM
>> To: 
>>WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.
>>EDU>
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple Petition
>> 
>> Please consider this- as we get to the point where we have an agreed on
>>document, say by this Friday, and we find an online petition site to use
>>where individuals can "sign" on in whatever form that takes before we
>>close the signing window and present it to Apple- are each one of us
>>able to do so on behalf of our institutions or organizations? If you
>>need to seek permission, now is the time. If a CIO or Director is the
>>only one allowed to make such public-facing declarations on behalf of
>>your school/or org, it would be good to start working the notion.
>>Ideally, no one would overstep their position by jumping on this worthy
>>endeavor.
>> 
>> Lee H. Badman
>> Wireless Architect/Network Engineer
>> Information Technology and Services
>> Adjunct Instructor, iSchool
>> Syracuse University
>> 315 443-3003
>> 
>> 
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
>>[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU]<mailto:[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@L
>>ISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU]>On Behalf Of Andy Voelker
>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 12:44 PM
>> To: 
>>WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.
>>EDU>
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple Petition
>> 
>> That confuses me as well.  It is obviously built in to many other iOS
>>devices (iPod Touch, iPad) and has been for some time.  Why the change?
>>I suspect it just due to the GUI difference.  If so, that's easily
>>fixable.
>> 
>> -- Andy Voelker
>> Manager of Student Computing in the Technology Commons
>> WCU Staff Senator
>> Western Carolina University
>> Check the status of your IT requests at any time at
>>http://help.wcu.edu/ !
>> 
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
>>[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU]<mailto:[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@L
>>ISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU]>On Behalf Of Voll, Toivo
>> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 1:28 PM
>> To: 
>>WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.
>>EDU>
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple Petition
>> 
>> Also, for me, the lack of support for WPA2-Enterprise is a
>>head-scratcher. If they go through the trouble of supporting the rest of
>>the encryption schemes, and obviously support it on a bunch of their
>>other products, why randomly leave it out of some products? I'd
>>prioritize that a bit more, personally.
>> 
>> --
>> Toivo Voll
>> Network Engineer
>> Information Technology Communications
>> University of South Florida
>> 
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