redbroo;324012 Wrote: > sorry again not been able to post details, here they are anyway > > primary dns suffix : > node type : hybrid > ip routing enabled : no > wins proxy enabled : no > > ethernet adapter local Area connection 2 : > con spec dns suffix : > Description : Realtek RTL8139 family pci fast ethernet > > rnet NIC > physical address : 00-05-5D-D3-4B-DB > Dhcp Enabled :Yes > Autoconfig Enabled : yes > IP Address : 82.37.30.241 > subnet mask : 255.255.248.0 > Default gateway : 82.37.24.1 > DHCP Server : 62.31.176.116 > DNS servers :62.31.176.39 If that's the full output from ipconfig /all, then it appears you have just one ethernet port (and no wireless port) in your PC. The fact that the ethernet is described as "local area connection 2" is a little strange - are you sure you've not missed anything out from the ipconfig /all output? For example, was there a bit that said something like this: > > Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: > Media State.... Media disconnected >
Anyway, your ethernet port's IP configuration shows that you're connected to Virgin Media (ex-Blue Yonder) cable broadband (in Wolverhampton I think), and it was set up automatically via DHCP. Now, if your ethernet port is connected to your cable modem, and you genuinely only have the one port, how did you connect the Squeezebox2 via a crossover cable? If you unplugged the cable modem in order to connect the Squeezebox, then the IP address assigned to the PC would have disappeared and your networking would stop working. It strikes me that you have two options: 1. If you don't want to buy any new hardware, then when you want to use the Squeezebox you'll have to: a). unplug the cable modem. b). connect the Squeezebox c). manually reconfigure your ethernet port and Squeezebox to use static addressing, setting up a private subnet. 2. Buy a cable router with a built-in switch (nearly all inexpensive routers have a 4-port switch), plug the cable modem into the router's WAN port and the PC and Squeezebox into two of the router's LAN ports. Since you say you're new to networking, my guess is that option 1 is not really feasible. Apart from anything else you'd be disconnected from the Internet while using the Squeezebox (so no Internet radio, for example). -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50379 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
