cliveb Wrote: > I don't have any insight into the specific problems you've had, but I > will just mention that ethernet switches can sometimes get themselves > into a state where specific machines simply don't work. I've got a > laptop which for some reason just stopped connecting into the home > network. I took it upstairs and plugged it into a different switch (on > the same LAN), and it was fine. After trying different ports on the > downstairs switch (including the port that another machine which was > working fine was connected to), I eventually concluded that the patch > cable was bad, but replacing it didn't fix things. Eventually, > power-cycling the switch fixed things. > > I cannot fathom how a simple ethernet switch can behave like this, but > there you go. So if you ever get a connection problem like this that > seems inexplicable, try rebooting your switches/hubs/routers. I did reboot my router. I'm confident this was a Slimserver/Squeezebox quirk.
My post was rhetorical, for the most part. I fixed the problem myself (or it fixed itself), so ... whatever. I only offer the suggestion that for a device to be TRULY ready for mass consumption, it must be about as foolproof as a toaster. Now for a device as complex as the Squeezbox, that may be a practical impossibility. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23828 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
