JBL SDP-75 - About Vnc and Zero-Conf Networking; About VNC (Virtual Network Computing); About Zero-Configuration Networking

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2.6 ABOUT VNC AND ZERO-CONF
NETWORKING
The SDP-75 leverages two important networking technologies: VNC and zero-configuration
networking, which are explained below.
ABOUT VNC (VIRTUAL NETWORK COMPUTING)
VNC is a graphical desktop sharing system that transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer (server)
to another (client), relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.
The SDP-75 has a built-in VNC Server that allows you to access its graphical user interface over a network from any
device running a VNC client.
In other words, you can control the SDP-75 from any device, whether it’s a computer (PC, Mac or Linux) or a tablet (iOS,
Android or Windows), provided that both the SDP-75 and your device are part of the same network.
NOTE: to learn more about VNC, please read the following article on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing
ABOUT ZERO-CONFIGURATION NETWORKING
Zero configuration networking (zeroconf) is a networking technology that makes it easy to set up and use devices and
services on a network. Because zeroconf-enabled devices indicate their availability, it’s easy for you (or an app or service)
to find devices and services that you want to use.
The SDP-75’s VNC Server is zeroconf-enabled in order to indicate its availability to the zeroconf-enabled VNC Client
running on your device (tablet or computer).
The two major implementations used in VNC client apps are:
• The Bonjour protocol, developed by Apple Inc. It is available in free VNC clients such as Mocha VNC Light (for
iOS and Android devices) and Chicken of the VNC (for Mac OS X).
• Avahi, for the Linux operating system.
Microsoft has its own proprietary protocol for remote computing: RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). This explains why
there is no major implementation of the zeroconf technology on the Windows platform.
NOTE: to learn more about Zero-configuration networking, please read the following article on
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration_networking