Multicast DNS
By default, the xpra server will advertise the session it creates on the local network using Multicast DNS.
To turn off this feature, use the mdns=no
option.
Usage
To view the list of sessions, run:
xpra list-mdns
To use the GUI mdns session launcher, run:
xpra mdns-gui
The user interface should look like this:
And you should be able to connect to those sessions simply by pressing the "connect" button.
Limitations
- some features are only available in version 2.1 and newer (GUI, etc)
- some platforms may not have the required libaries
- no IPv6 support: #1345
Related tickets: #731 (mdns service type), #1334 (mdns gui), #1332 (mdns discovery), #1333 (macos and win32 listener support)