[HN Gopher] Blame Wi-Fi drivers for printer (mDNS) discovery issues
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Blame Wi-Fi drivers for printer (mDNS) discovery issues
        
       Author : ValdikSS
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2025-10-30 20:55 UTC (7 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (printserver.ink)
 (TXT) w3m dump (printserver.ink)
        
       | chasing0entropy wrote:
       | Since modern DHCP servers ping check an ip before they assign it,
       | I usually static assign the printer it's DHCP assigned IP
       | allowing the mdns cache - which I haven't check but appears to be
       | persistent between reboots- to work assuming you print regularly.
        
         | ValdikSS wrote:
         | Well I guess that could help, but only on Windows, since it's
         | the only OS which follows printer "installation" flow for
         | driverless printers.
         | 
         | Other OS just discover printer all the time, and for that they
         | need DNS-SD as well, which could not be fixed by static IP
         | assignment.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2025-11-06 23:00 UTC)