mr-b;358674 Wrote: > Why? > > This shouldn't be necessary at all. (Although my server does in fact > have a static address for ease of router port-forwarding.) > > I think the only way to debug this is either to have some form of > detailed wireless/ip logging on the SB (no idea if this is possible) or > else take a packet trace just before the SB drops off the network.
Because there is a possibility that you may have an intermittant ip/mac conflict on your network between the laptop and the SB. Since your SB is presumably not a device that "comes and goes" (unlike a laptop) then giving it a static IP address makes a lot of sense and eliminates this possibility. While you are at it, you might want to check that the SB MAC address in your SB and in your router ARP table matches the sticky label on the bottom. Just to eliminate another possibility. The less variables there are in a system each time it boots up the better. I don't know why people get so hung up about DHCP. IMO the best approach is to use DHCP for transient connections and static ip for permanent ones. YMMV. You can do a packet trace using Ethereal. However, when you turn off the laptop wi-fi, one of the first things that happens is that the ARP table in the router and server are going to be rebuilt... on the server, in a command window, type arp -a with the laptop on - you should see ip/mac entries for your router, SB and laptop. Now turn off the laptop wi-fi and arp -a again - only the laptop should have gone. Check the mac addresses carefully and make sure they all tally with your actual hardware. If everything looks OK, then consider using Ethereal... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54860 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
