The other Avahi instances running on the other computers do the same. The result can easily be seen by running: # zypper in avahi-utils # avahi-browse -a Anyway, all of this is moot. The only reason Avahi (or avahi-daemon) was running on my computer was because openSUSE 12.3 installs it by default. I don't know, or care, why it suddenly started ... My guess is this is less of an issue with the server version of ubuntu because the Avahi daemon is not in use (at least, when I run, avahi-daemon –check, I get “Avahi-daemon” is not installed). Long story short, Ubuntu (and many many many other platforms) use .local as a sort of “windows workgroup” type setup. Sep 01, 2012 · A lot of person explain on internet how to share your non AirPrint server using Linux, Avahi and Cups For Cups, you need to share the printer ( obvious ? ) and to allow Broadcasting like this Add to the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file ServerAlias * Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny BrowseAllow @LOCAL BrowseAllow all Download airprint-generate.py from… Very excited to see this plugin. Thank you for your work on this. I have a solar system with an Envoy S which connects via wifi with my home network. Homeseer is on the same network. Communications with the system work fine and I'm able to connect with it through the web app, phone app, and directly locally to its ip. I have