Shortly after I received a beta test Duet package, my wireless access
point turned up its toes. So while I'm waiting for a replacement to
arrive, I thought I'd try out the Duet's capability to work without a
wired network, with the SBC and SBR in ad-hoc mode.

However, I can't seem to get anywhere. I had previously set up the SBC
with the old wireless network (which is no longer available). It's
currently on firmware r1841, and the behaviour I'm about to describe
happened both before and after a factory reset of the SBC. The SBR is,
of course, connected to the network via wired Ethernet. After invoking
"Set Up Receiver" on the SBC, there is no SBR listed, so I press the
button until it starts blinking red. At this point, it is listed on the
SBC as "Squeezebox 160126". So far so good.

I select it, and it asks how it should connect to the network. If I
pick "ethernet", it says "problem connecting" with the message
"Couldn't connect your squeezebox to your wireless network. Make sure
it is within range of your wireless network". (That seems a rather
strange message when I'd just told it to connect via ethernet, but no
matter). If I choose "Try Again", the same thing happens. Note: I know
for certain that there's a DHCP server running on the network. If I
choose "Skip this step", I am returned to the Advanced menu. OK, let's
try again, this time choosing the "wireless" option on the "Wireless
Connection" screen: nothing happens (which isn't surprising).

Meanwhile, if I fire up the SqueezeCenter web interface the SBR is
shown (with the name I gave it back when I first set it up using the
old wireless network), and it works fine: I can play stuff through the
SBR.

So, is there some other step I'm missing when attempting to get Duet
working as an ad-hoc pair in an otherwise wired-only network?


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