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  • 1.  Apple Bonjour and Airgroup

    Posted Dec 15, 2020 05:23 AM
    Is the mDNS discovery protocol for Apple products, Bonjour, compatible with Airgroup? 

    We have had multiple users describe a similar behaviour of their devices unable to speak to one another, via Bonjour, whilst connected to our network. Bonjour does not appear in the 'services' list when configuring the Airgroup profile on the controller. The VLANs in which this user is operating on is included within the open-flow profile bind VLAN and is not included on the 'disallow service' list. The user has noted that Bonjour works within a non-enterprise environment, so it is definitely something within our configuration which is preventing this from working.

    Other Apple based discovery methods such as airplay and airprint are configured and are working well. Is Bonjour something that will be included in a future code release?

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    Adam Newson
    University of Cambridge
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  • 2.  RE: Apple Bonjour and Airgroup

    Posted Dec 15, 2020 09:12 AM
    Bonjour is the Apple marketing name of mDNS. You will see services like AirPrint and AirPlay, not Bonjour.

    You might find with the 'show airgroup blocked-service-id' command which services are blocked, and allow those that are related to what you are trying to allow.

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    Herman Robers
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    If you have urgent issues, always contact your Aruba partner, distributor, or Aruba TAC Support. Check https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/contact-support/ for how to contact Aruba TAC. Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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