As I mentioned elsewhere the more detailed instructions to set a static IP are buried in other threads, so here is a fuller explanation
HOW TO SET A STATIC IP ADDRESS ============================== On your router, assign a static IP address to the Squeezebox radio, outside of the DHCP address space. It's also worth considering setting a static IP address on the server/PC you have running SBS for maximum stability of the connection. Enable remote login on the Squeezebox radio, and note the username and password for SSH. (default user name is root and default password is 1234) To enable remote login: From the home menu, go to Settings > Advanced > Remote Login > Enable SSH. To make an SSH / telnet connection to radio you need to load a piece of software - PuTTY is ideal as it's free and excellent. You will need to know the current DHCP IP address of the player and connect to that using the username/password. Once you have connected and got a command prompt it is enormously helpful if you know a bit of UNIX. If you don't then I can add more info but I'm assuming that anyone brave enough to even think about this will know enough to get by NB:The first thing I did was change the default password! just type passwd at the command shell and follow the prompts The file with the networking config you need to edit is called interfaces and sits in the /etc/network directory The default file looks something like this: =========================================== auto lo iface lo inet loopback mapping eth1 script /etc/network/if_mapping auto eth1=YOUR-WIRELESS-NETWORK-SSID iface YOUR-WIRELESS-NETWORK-SSID inet dhcp script /etc/network/udhcpc_action =========================================== Take a copy of this file before you attempt to change it! (eg unix command - cp interfaces interfaces.orig) Once you have a safe backup you need to edit the interfaces file using the VI editor. The new file for a static IP address should look like this ============================================ auto lo iface lo inet loopback mapping eth1 script /etc/network/if_mapping auto eth1=YOUR-WIRELESS-NETWORK-SSID iface YOUR-WIRELESS-NETWORK-SSID inet static address YOUR.STATIC.IP.ADDRESS netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway YOUR.ROUTER.IP.ADDRESS dns YOUR.ROUTER.IP.ADDRESS up echo 'nameserver YOUR.ROUTER.IP.ADDRESS' > /etc/resolv.conf ================================================== Obviously the IP addresses should just be in standard xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format usually something like 192.168.100.1 Once you've double-checked that you have this right then reboot the radio by typing reboot at the command prompt Hey presto should now have the static IP address - if it goes horribly wrong then you'll need to either move the interfaces.orig back (which may not be possible if you have screwed the radio connectivity - you might not be able to SSH!) do a factory reset -- stevedresden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76329 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
