From wiki:
avahi is a free zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) implementation, including a system formulticast DNS/DNS-SDservice discovery.
Avahi is a system which enables programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on alocal network. For example, a user can plug their computer into a network and have Avahi automatically advertise thenetwork services running on the machine which could enable access to files and printers.
how to config hostname:
[server]
hostname=your hostname
Add services for local wan
1. add service file in /etc/avahi-daemon/services, eg add ssh service
<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<!--
This file is part of avahi.
avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA.
-->
<!-- See avahi.service(5) for more information about this configuration file -->
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
<service>
<type>_ssh._tcp</type>
<port>22</port>
</service>
</service-group>
3. on another host:
avahi-browse --all
check all service on local lan
avahi-resolve -n hostname
4. ssh user@your_host_name
to ssh the pc.