LwIP and mDNS

[mriksman]

Hi All,

When I call this;

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struct addrinfo hints, *res;
int status;
memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
char *host = "esp_942daf.local";
char *port = "5556";
status = getaddrinfo("esp_942daf.local", "80", &hints, &res)


I get

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EAI_FAIL

.

Looking at WireShark, I am seeing the requests;

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192.168.1.187   224.0.0.251   MDNS   Standard query 0x3090 A esp_942daf.local, "QM" question

But no response.

I then call immediately after the following;

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struct ip4_addr addr;
addr.addr = 0;
mdns_query_a("esp_99a744", 2000,  &addr);


And it correctly resolves the address. Noteably, this time the request is of type QU;

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192.168.1.187   224.0.0.251   MDNS   Standard query 0x0000 A esp_99a744.local, "QU" question

I also tried another mDNS hostname; a HP printer with name

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HPC8D9D240DB2B.local

, and

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getaddrinfo

resolves it correctly.

So, why isn't the ESP module responding to a QM mDNS query? Why is LwIP and mDNS using different query types? What else can I try?

[Her Mary]

Could this help? https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RT ... ocols/mdns

[mriksman]

Could this help? https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RT ... ocols/mdns

I’ve raised an Issue on the ESP-IDF GitHub. They’ve confirmed the issue.