# Bonjour (Zeroconf) Networking for Windows and Linux ## Overview **This guide is marked as DISCONTINUED — Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi OS now both have network discovery features built-in.** **The information remains online for anyone who may be attempting this with a vintage system, but we cannot guarantee these steps still work and will not be updating this guide or reviewing feedback.** _Zeroconf_ (aka _Bonjour_, very rarely _Rendezvous_) is a group of technologies to “automagically” discover systems and services on a local area network. With the proliferation of embedded, networked Raspberry Pi projects, it can be a chore to keep track of numeric IP addresses for each. Dynamically-assigned addresses (via DHCP) can further confuse the issue. Zeroconf helps by assigning the system a name (e.g. raspberrypi.local instead of 192.168.0.42). It can then be easily accessed from other computers on the local network…provided they’re also running Zeroconf! _It’s needed at both ends._ Here’s how to set that up… # **Mac OS X** and **BeagleBone Black** : Nothing to be done. Support for Bonjour/Zeroconf is already baked in! # **Linux** (including **Raspberry Pi** ): This includes systems _running_ the application (e.g. OctoPrint or Cupcade) as well as other Linux systems _accessing_ those applications (or for remote administration). Zeroconf is provided through an optional package called _Avahi._ It’s super easy to install from the command line: ```auto sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon ``` This takes about five minutes. Once installed, the system can be contacted from other computers at _hostname._local, where hostname is either the default (raspberrypi) or an alternate name assigned in the Advanced menu of raspi-config. If the SSH server is enabled (also via the Advanced menu), remote login is possible via ssh, and files can be transferred to and from the system using sftp or scp. If the system will be sharing a network with any Mac computers, I like to install _Netatalk:_ ```auto sudo apt-get install netatalk ``` This adds support for _Apple Filing Protocol,_ making it easy to move files back and forth in the Finder. The system will be listed in the Finder sidebar if “Bonjour computers” is enabled in the Sidebar preferences. Otherwise use the “Connect to Server…” option under the _Go_ menu. In either case, you’ll need to provide your name and password (e.g. “pi” and “raspberry” by default, _not_ your Mac credentials). # **Microsoft Windows** : Windows doesn’t have Zeroconf support out of the box, but a few popular applications slip it in for their own needs, including Skype, Apple’s iTunes and Adobe Photoshop CS3 or later. So you might not need to add anything at all! Otherwise, it’s most easily installed using [Bonjour Print Services for Windows 2.0.2](http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999). The newest-and-shiniest version 3.0 is only available in the [iTunes installer](https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/). So one option is to simply install iTunes, even if you don’t plan to use it. Some users are understandably reluctant to install unneeded software. In that case, Bonjour 3 can still be installed with a little trick: download the iTunes installer but don’t run it. Using an archive utility like [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org) or WinRAR, you’ll discover there’s a separate Bonjour installer inside. Just extract and run that one piece, and you’re done! 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