Mac

Terminal

Bonjour

• list AFP hosts in network

dns-sd -B _afpovertcp._tcp .

• list SSH available hosts

dns-sd -B _ssh._tcp .

example

• ssh to a bonjour host

mac1:~ user$ dns-sd -B _ssh._tcp .
Browsing for _ssh._tcp
Timestamp     A/R Flags if Domain                    Service Type              Instance Name
10:21:16.447  Add     2  4 local.                    _ssh._tcp.                xsysadmin
10:21:16.452  Add     2  4 local.                    _ssh._tcp.                v2_ video edit
10:21:16.458  Add     2  4 local.                    _ssh._tcp.                x’s Mac Pro

• remove spaces with '-' and add .local at the end

mac1:~ user$ ssh v2-video-edit.local

DNS

• Purge dns cache

Leopard
dscacheutil -flushcache

Tiger
lookupd -flushcache