Services
24.1 Configuring AirGroup
SCALANCE W1750D UI
384 Configuration Manual, 02/2018, C79000-G8976-C451-02
The following figure illustrates how AirGroup enables personal sharing of Apple devices.
Figure 24-1 AirGroup Enables Personal Device Sharing
Note
AirGroup is not supported on 3G and PPPoE uplinks.
Multicast DNS and Bonjour® Services
Bonjour is the trade name for the zero configuration implementation introduced by Apple. It is
supported by most of the Apple product lines, including the Mac OS X operating system,
iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Apple TV, and AirPort Express. Apple AirPlay and AirPrint
services are based on the Bonjour protocol and are essential services in campus Wi-Fi
networks.
Bonjour can be installed on computers running Microsoft Windows® and is supported by the
new network- capable printers. Bonjour is also included with popular software programs such
as Apple iTunes, Safari, and iPhoto. Bonjour uses multicast DNS (mDNS) to locate devices
and the services offered by these devices.
As shown in the following figure, the AP1 discovers AirPrint (P1) and AP3 discovers Apple
TV (TV1). AP1 advertises information about its connected P1 device to the other APs that is
AP2 and AP3. Similarly, AP3 advertises TV1 device to AP1 and AP2. This type of distributed
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