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To what extent is Jini dependent upon IP?

April 26, 2017dependent extent IP Jini

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To what extent is Jini dependent upon IP?

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The current implementation of Jini is IP based, though other protocols could potientially be supported in the future. Such support for other protocols may involve gateways to IP.

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The current implementation of Jini is IP based, though other protocols could potientially be supported in the future. Such support for other protocols may involve gateways to IP. Currently, a device that wishes to participate in a Jini federation must somehow get an IP address. The device must in fact already have an IP address before it sends the presence announcement packet (multicast request protocol). The lookup service extracts the IP address from the presence announcement packet in order connect back to the device to complete the discovery process via the unicast discovery protocol. The Jini specifications themselves are silent about the process by which devices will get IP addresses. In particular, the lookup service has no involvement in the process of assigning IP addresses. It is likely that IP addresses will be dynamically assigned by a DHCP server or some other automatic mechanism when a device goes on-line.