why do you need to run smbd / samba in this lora image?

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why do you need to run smbd / samba in this lora image? #75

Closed cipy closed 3 years ago

cipy commented 3 years ago

thanks

ryanteck commented 3 years ago

Hi,

We run it as a method to workaround bonjour for Windows users.

From what I remember while iotloragateway.local can work on Windows it sometimes requires Bonjour to be installed, where as with samba installed it shows on the local network easier for windows.