route (is it forwarding packets?) (sorry if duplicate).

[William Hooper]

Les Mikesell said:
> On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:03, Scot L. Harris wrote:
>
>> I understand the concept, but have not heard of anyone, not even a
>> rumor, that anyone has ever made use of such a service.  You are correct
>>  about wanting Internet access and having a router that doles out the
>> DHCP is pretty much the default.
>>
>>
>> If anyone has used this or even knows the brother of a friend who may
>> have used it once let us know.  I personally think this one was dead
>> before arrival.

It is the basis of Apple's "Rendezvous".  For a simple disconnected
network (or possibly one machine with a modem) it makes some sense.

> I agree.  The internet works because responsibilities are delegated
> in a precise, hierarchical manner and wouldn't have a chance if every
> machine guessed at an address that might work.

Who said anything about using Zeroconf on the internet?

http://www.zeroconf.org/

-- 
William Hooper