[slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
Hi there is there any way to assign fixed IP addresses to a Duet / Radio running on a LAN I'm often testing stuff remotely as well and with a router for example you often need to Port Forward to specific machines on your LAN. For example you want to access a HOME computer from work via RDP (Windows users) then you need to port forward port 3389 to a specific machine on your local LAN at home. Now if my computer is down and I've re-started the Squuezebox devices before re-booting the computer the squeezebox devices Grab the IP address that I've assigned to the computer with - predictable results as you can guess. Even if you assign a fixed IP address to your computer it doesn't stop the squeezebox devices grabbing IP addresses if you start them BEFORE your computer. It's not really convenient to ensure all the squeezebox devices are turned OFF before re-booting the computer. On a LAN with a lot of testing (I'm running 5 or 6 Virtual Machines as well on this LAN) I really would like the squeezebox devices to have their own IP addresses to avoid a lot of silly networking problems. BTW a lot of people having connectivity problems can usually solve these by switching off their squeezebox devices, restart their router, reboot the computer and THEN switch on the squeezebox devices. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
You can assign static IP addresses to the Radio, Touch and Controller. However you could also probably resolve this issue at your router. Set aside a range in your address space for static IP addresses and set your computer and VMs to static addresses rather than relying on DHCP. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
Hi there thanks again for a solution. I'm fairly new to all this networking stuff -- this basic info is actually quite hard to get hold of if you aren't used to dealing with it. I'm OK at setting up applications etc but Networking has always been a closed book to me. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
Hi, Most routers will allow you to set an IP address for a specific MAC address. I use a Netgear Router, and it assigns the same address to any device I have set it to. Look under Attached Devices to get the MAC, then look under IP Assignments. Add the IP you want, add the MAC for the device, and you are set... That way you don't even have to touch the remote hardware. Dave -- nk7z nk7z's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35473 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
nk7z;518153 Wrote: Hi, Most routers will allow you to set an IP address for a specific MAC address. I use a Netgear Router, and it assigns the same address to any device I have set it to. Look under Attached Devices to get the MAC, then look under IP Assignments. Add the IP you want, add the MAC for the device, and you are set... That way you don't even have to touch the remote hardware. Dave This is what I do, everything has it's own permanent IP served by DHCP. I also split it up, networking hardware is 10.0.0.1-9, server and PCs are 10.0.0.10-99, Squeezeboxes are 10.0.0.100+ I don't use them all obviously, but it makes finding a device on the network a lot easier. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x squeezebox radio *1*x squeezebox touch *1*x squeezebox boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black), *1*x sb2 wired (silver) *1*x sb (black), *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
andynormancx;518115 Wrote: ...get their addresses via DHCP if you want them to end up with the correct addresses is a fragile approach AFAIK, this is only fragile with windows wireless clients, and is in an issue in the ms wireless stack. Shouldn't be any kind of issue with SBs. If you're using the same device for a DHCP server and a DNS proxy (the normal case with home firewalls) you get the advantage that reserved DHCP addresses are returned to DNS queries (so you can use sb1 rather than 10.3.2.64). -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
The fragility that I'm talking about has little to do with MSFT's network stack and everything to do with the typically lousy DHCP implementation on consumer level routers. I'd also not recommend using address reservation on many consumer routers, the ones I auditioned last year all had big problems in that area. Either use a real DHCP server or go to fully static addresses for devices you really want to have unchanging IP addresses. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
I had quite a few problems running dynamic addressing with my Squeezeboxes plus laptop, desktop, printer. I think it was related to the consumer router DHCP implementation that andynormancx talked about. Currently everything but my Laptop and my Radio are using true static addresses. My router doesn't support reserved addresses. I haven't spent the time to figure out how to set my radio to static addressing... I imagine I could use the trick to turn-off DHCP on my router and see if the right dialog comes up when I try to connect, or I recall there's a way to configure it by logging in with SSH and modifying config file(s). -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
I don't have my Radio nearby and don't remember the exact placement of things on the Radio's flavor of Linux, but first place I'd look/edit is /etc/networking/interfaces -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
aubuti;518373 Wrote: I don't have my Radio nearby and don't remember the exact placement of things on the Radio's flavor of Linux, but first place I'd look/edit is /etc/networking/interfaces Thats what I've done with my controller ssh to it and edit that file. Turn on remote login in the advanced settings and have a look, must be very similar. -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBR to be stuffed in a box in the attic ) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
