Help please: Network Service Discovery Disabled

[Nils Kassube]

Charles Irons wrote:
> I keep getting this warning. My new TP-LINK router still connects as
> Auto Ethernet but maybe I should change some configuration if you can
> send me terminal commands.
> "Network Service Discovery Disabled" appears on my screen with the
> message below that I could not copy.
> So I scanned Syslog and found the details below. Upper case is my
> edit. I have a text file with more of syslog if you want that.
> 
> Dec  4 16:15:53  Charles-PC avahi: AVAHI DETECTED THAT YOUR CURRENTLY
> CONFIGURED LOCAL DNS SERVER SERVES
> A DOMAIN .LOCAL. THIS IS INHERENTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH AVAHI AND THUS
> AVAHI DISABLED ITSELF. IF YOU WANT TO USE AVAHI IN THIS NETWORK,
> PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ADMINISTRATOR AND CONVINCE HIM TO USE A DIFFERENT
> DNS DOMAIN, SINCE .LOCAL SHOULD BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ZEROCONF
> TECHNOLOGY.

There are no terminal commands - the message says it all: the fault is 
at the configuration of the TP-Link router because it uses the .local 
domain which is reserved for zeroconf. If you want to use zeroconf / 
avahi services, have a look at the router configuration. Maybe there is 
a way to change the local domain name to something different. But 
beware, there is no domain name reserved for local use (AFAIK), so you 
should check that the name you select isn't in use already on the public 
internet.


Nils