mDNS is working with Bonjour

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What is mDNS?
It gives a name to your ESP8266 server that the Apple Bonjour browser add in can use to access your server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_gCfi3MdoU

In this example code I named the server “bob”.
I downloaded and installed Bonjour from this site and installed it on my Windows 7 system.
http://download.cnet.com/Bonjour-for-Windows/3000-18507_4-93550.html
On the IE browser command line I enter
“bob.local”
Or
http://bob.local:8080/

//MDNS_HTTPserver1.js
//5 OCT 2016

//espruino board with ESP8266
//PICO  with ESP8266

//var Hardware=0; //Espruino board
var Hardware =1; //PICO

var SSID="ssid";
var key= "router passcode";

var Serial;
var Wifi;

// "bob" is the server name
// in IE browser with Bonjour installed
//  bob.local
//  http://bob.local:8080/

var mDNS="AT+MDNS=1,\"bob\",\"http\",8080\r\n";

function mysend(a){
  Wifi.at.cmd(a, 1000, function(d){console.log(d+"xxx");});
}

//var ddata="";
function test(){
if(Hardware===1)Serial=Serial2;
if(Hardware===0)Serial=Serial4;

if(Hardware===1){
 digitalWrite(B9,1); // enable on Pico Shim V2
 Serial.setup(115200, { rx: A3, tx : A2 }); //Pico
}
if(Hardware===0)Serial.setup(115200, { rx: C11, tx : C10 }); 
//espruino board

console.log("Start connection process");
var wifi = require("ESP8266WiFi_0v25").connect(Serial, function(err) {
  if (err)return 1;// throw err;
  Wifi=wifi;
console.log("Reset the ESP8266");
  wifi.reset(function(err) {
    if (err)return 1;// throw err;
Wifi.at.cmd("AT+CWMODE_CUR=3\r\n", 1000, function(d){console.log(d+"xx1");});
Wifi.at.cmd("AT+CIPMUX=1\r\n", 1000, function(d){console.log(d+"xx2");});
 console.log("Connecting to WiFi");
 wifi.connect(SSID,key, function(err) {
  if (err)return 1;//throw err;
  wifi.getIP(function(l,ip){
   console.log("IP= ",ip,"\n\r");
   console.log("WiFi Connected ");
   mysend(mDNS);

//HTTP or Network Server goes here
serveHTML();
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     });//end wifi.getIP
    });//end wifi.connectSSID
  });//end wifi.reset
});//end wifi.connect
}//end test


function serveHTML(){
var http=require("http").createServer(onPageRequest).listen(8080);
}//end serveFile


function onPageRequest(req, res) { 
//console.log("Req= ",req);
//console.log("Header",req.headers);
if (req.method=="POST") {
  console.log("Post");
  doPost(req,res);
}else{
  doGet(req,res);
}//endif
}//end on PageRequest

var pdata="";
function doPost(req,res){
//todo
}//end doPost


//Simple Web Page
var KMtext="<html><body style=\"text-align:center;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"> \r\n<h1>mDNS Demo. bob</h1>\r\n</body> \r\n</html>  \r\n";

function doGet(req,res){
  var a = url.parse(req.url, true);
  console.log("Get");
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    res.write(KMtext);
    res.end("");
}

var x;
console.log("Start");
x=test();
if(x!==0)console.log("Try again");//error seen

if(x===0) console.log("Exit Seen");


>echo(0);
Start
Start connection process
Try again
=undefined
Reset the ESP8266
Connecting to WiFi
OKxx1
OKxx2
IP=  192.168.1.3
WiFi Connected
OKxxx
Get
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS
Problems with older ESP8266 SDKs
http://internetofhomethings.com/homethings/?p=426

Update: The issues I had with the ESP8266 SDK Version 1.0 have been fixed with the Version 1.0.1 release dated 24 April 2015. And now, Version 1.1.1 has been released with even more enhancements.

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