====== Multicast DNS ======

  * [[Avahi]]
  * [[dnsmasq]]
  * [[OS X]]

Multicast DNS provides hostname resolution as well as advertises services to local computers.  It is only available on a LAN, and will not work over VPN.

=== OS X ===

OS X relies heavily on multicast DNS for name resolution, and will often prefer mDNS over a local DNS server for primary lookups.

Using ''host'' will use the DNS server to do a lookup.

Using ''ping'' will use mDNS to do the lookup.