On my macs (10.6.8) I can "create a network" on one machine and it gets a funny auto-ip address in the 169.254.0.0 range (mask 255.255.0.0). I can then go to "advanced settings" and set a manual address in the network of my choice, like a more conventional 192.168.1.0 (mask 255.255.255.0) Then on the second mac I can do the same (with another address, same network) and both machines will see each other. I don't run SBS on the macs but I am sure you could substitute the SB3 to the 2nd mac with ok results. There is no local DNS but mDNS (zeroconf) is working for name resolution within the adhoc lan. Won't do on the SB3 but the slimproto broadcasts will work without DNS.
There is no point in setting the gateway entry on the SB3, your mac is obviously not setup as a router, ie having multiple active interfaces on different networks. But no harm either. However, if indeed your mac has 2 active interfaces, like wired ethernet to the router + wifi then you may want to simply activate Internet Sharing. This should start a full network with DNS resolution and DHCP on the mac, for consumption by wireless clients. (I'm not sure SBS will listen on all interfaces automatically, maybe you want to restart it in case the SB3 is on the network, the internet, but fails to see the local SBS server) -- epoch1970 Daily dose delivered by: 3 SB Classic, 1 SB Boom iPeng (iPhone + iPad) Squeezebox Server 7.6 (Debian 5.0) with plugins: MusicIP Server Power Control by Gordon Harris WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Find cover art by bpa BBC iPlayer, SwitchPlayer by Triode PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple TrackStat, Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90596
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