SLP Front-Ends in openSUSE

To find services provided via SLP in your network, use an SLP front-end. openSUSE contains several front-ends:

slptool

slptool is a simple command line program that can be used to announce SLP inquiries in the network or announce proprietary services. slptool --help lists all available options and functions. slptool can also be called from scripts that process SLP information. For example, to find all network time servers that annouce themselves in the current network, run the command:

slptool findsrvs service:ntp
YaST

Within YaST there is also a SLP browser available. However, this browser is not available through the YaST Control Center. To start this YaST module, run yast2 slp as root user. Click on the different protocols on the lefthand side of the user interface to get more information about the respective service.