Mr. Resistor;563482 Wrote: > +1 for making it easier. With 11 devices, it's a little tedious having > to go into my router and assign static IP as I slowly add more devices.
This is not static adressing, this method still uses DHCP, but the devices get the same IP from the DHCP server (usually the router) every time the lease goes out . The idea is to avoid the possible buggy DHCP implementation in the squeezeboxes and the router . And at least the controller seems to reconnect to the network much faster this way . Ok, I did agree that there probably is 100's of more important bugs/features to fix first for example sbs's inability to handle non english charsets in some circumstances . And the menu reardering etc, and lots of stuff the Touch don't have, that existed on the SB3 etc etc. The mystery to me is the weird design choices re networking done by the developers, in this case they don't make much sense to me . It is clearly deliberately designed this way ? As bugs I understands why they won't get fixed, it "works" anyway no showstopper.But during the initial design phase why make these strange decisions to make the product so cumbersome. 1. Static or DHCP should be a Q that pops up in the setup wizard. 2. Why do you have to "forget" the whole network in a squeezeplay player to change something, why can't I edit for example my IP or DNS etc for that network. 3. choosing static or dhcp IP would be a subset of this, if you could edit the settings off your existing network . 4. It should also be possible to edit a single network parameter on a reciever from the controller or sbs , this is also an old bug one can vote on . 5. The controller was designed without any good roaming possibilities, which i don't suffer, but is essential in a big house to use the product at all . 6. Not even the never products can remember more than 1 network (the old ones are well old, I don't expect that) -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80577 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
