3.4 AirPrint Requirements

To enable AirPrint through iPrint using multicast DNS (mDNS), your network must meet the following requirements:

3.4.1 Hardware Requirements

  • Router or Gateway with an option to forward mDNS (Apple Bonjour) multicast advertisements on all or selected wireless VLANs

  • Wireless router that supports mDNS (Apple Bonjour) between wired and wireless machines

The wireless routers are expected to have the capability for IGMP snooping. IGMP snooping is required to disallow the multicast traffic on those network interfaces that are not participating in AirPrint's Bonjour multicast discovery.

The wireless network switches must not be interconnected for redundancy. This results in a Layer 2 switching loop.

3.4.2 Network Requirements

  • Wireless network with no interconnection

  • IP Multicast network (IP Multicast must be enabled on network devices such as routers and switches)