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Why do I only see Bonjour services on my iOS devices?

Hi all,


I have a strange issue where only my iOS devices (iPhone 5 and iPad Mini, both on iOS7) can see any Bonjour services, while OS X computers don't see anything. All the devices are in a WiFi network that's hosted by a Cisco AP1142N. This manifests itself in the fact that I can only stream to my AppleTV when I use an iOS device, AirPlay doesn't work at all on the laptops.

Bonjour Browser on the iPhone reveals a plethora of available services, amongst those also _airplay._tcp (where my AppleTV is listed), whereas Bonjour Browser on OS X just shows the services running on the device itself.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?


Many thanks and best regards

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 8, 2013 2:49 AM

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Oct 9, 2013 7:10 AM in response to contralateral

So you can keep pounding your head against a device that you cannot get to work for your needs here and that you cannot get support for from the vendor's free-support forums, or you can switch your approach here and get a Cisco support contract for it (this presumes you can find documentation from Cisco that says this particular usage is supported or will be supported), or you can replace it with any of various other AP devices that do meet your needs.


If not as part of replacement, then solely as a test, please insert a different AP, and run your tests again. Test without the Cisco device. See if that configuration works. (Cisco has competition, after all.) That'll almost certainly tell you if it's the Cisco AP that's causing this, or if there's something else going on.


ps: I would expect the mDNS stacks of iOS and OS X to be based on the same code, FWIW.

Why do I only see Bonjour services on my iOS devices?

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