Zeroconf and Bonjour for engineers

Description

Zeroconf and Bonjour training course description

A hands on training course focusing on Microsoft and Apple implementations of Zeroconf. The course covers all three main areas: Interface configuration, name resolution and service discovery. Hands on with Apple Bonjour and Microsoft UPnP compliment all the major theory sessions.

What will you learn

• Explain how mDNS and LLMNR work.
• Explain how DNS-SD and SSDP work.
• Recognise the role of service discovery gateways.

Zeroconf and Bonjour training course details

Zeroconf and Bonjour training course contents

• What is Zeroconf?

Zeroconf, architecture, Microsoft UPnP, Apple, Bonjour, devices, components. Home networks, enterprise networks, BYOD.

• Plug and play without Zeroconf

DHCP, DNS, A, PTR, SRV records, DDNS.
Hands on DHCP configuration.

• Address selection

IPv4 link local addresses, IPv6 link local addresses. Hands: Addresses without DHCP.

• Name resolution

mDNS, finding names, announcing names, .local DNS namespace, LLMNR.
Hands on Names without DNS.

• Role of multicasting

Multicast addresses, multicasts and switches, multicasts and routers.
Hands on Multicasts, TTL.

• Service discovery

DNS-SD, SRV and TXT lookups, SSDP, HTTP.
Hands on Browsing for services

• Zeroconf in a routed environment

Service Discovery gateways, configuration, service filters, DNS-LLQ, NAT-PMP.

• Miscellaneous

Security, automatic multicast addresses, wireless auto configuration.