Hi, I've not come across samba nmbd, thanks, great to know about. However, I'd want a solution for Apple and Linux users too. John
On 29 March 2017 at 13:23, Mike DePaulo <mikedep...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2017 8:23 AM, "Stefan Baur" <x2go-m...@baur-itcs.de> wrote: > > Am 16.03.2017 um 18:28 schrieb John Cobo: > > > I am considering X2Go for a project which involves non-technical people > > using X2Go to connect to a Raspberry Pi which does not have a screen and > > so the user will not know the Pi's IP address. I could set an SSH port > > on the Pi to an obscure number such as 2432 or something. > > > > Would it be feasible for the X2Go clients have a new option to scan a > > range of IPs (eg. 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.255) for a given port (eg. > > 2432) on which to connect? > > > > Such a feature could solve the generic problem of how to connect for the > > first time to something new on your local network. > > I've been giving this some more thought. I still believe that we > shouldn't be adding such an option to X2GoClient, but there may be more > comfortable ways of providing your users with a DNS name to connect to, > rather than having to figure out an IP, even without > APIPA/mDNS/Zeroconf/Bonjour. > > For that, you should tell us more about that usage scenario - will all > those Raspis have full internet access? If not, are they being deployed > on different subnets of one larger network where you could place one > machine they all can reach? > > I'm thinking along the lines of using either a DynDNS server on the > internet, with the Raspi reporting its internal IP instead of the > external one, though, or setting up an internal DynDNS server. > > -Stefan > > How about using samba nmbd on the raspberry pi? If you only have Windows > clients, they'll be able to connect to the machine by netbios name, same as > a DNS name, by default. This depends on no firewall blocking netbios > traffic. >
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