shake-the-disease wrote:
> I've run an SB1 for 3 years. The only instability problems I've had have
> been related to wireless reception issues and bedding in SS on a new
> NAS. 
>
> IMHO once a SB is wired and the server isn't tinkered with it is a very
> stable platform.
>   

Problem is that the end user will need a way to rip his CD's to the 
thing. I'd use a small headless Linux server preferable booting from CD 
that just stores its configuration and music on the hard disk. For 
ripping you could:
- Use an external USB disk that's plugged into a PC whenever the library 
needs maintenance.
- Use an attached CD drive and setup some automatic ripping (needs 
Internet for cddb access)
- Connect to the customer's LAN and allow him to rip to a network share.

I guess you can't do much without connecting to the Internet. I think 
using two separate LAN interfaces, one to connect to the SB's and one to 
connect to the Internet could be a good thing. That way you won't run 
into too many networking issues. Use non-public network numbers on the 
SB-LAN to a void IP conclicts (yeah, that sounds strange, but if you use 
192.168.*.* or 10.*.*.* you're sure to run into problems a lot. If you 
use 1.1.1.* you'll be alright). The Internet interface use DHCP to 
configure and gives access to a (SMB) disk share and the slimserver web 
interface.

Just some thoughts...

Regards,
Peter

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