Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-08 Thread jeromeharris
krochat wrote: > I've diagrammed out your system and I'm pretty confident that the > router-as-a-switch still has the DHCP server enabled. It should be > disabled. > > If you switch both SBTs and the LMS PC to wifi connecting to the living > room Airport Extreme's wifi, they should all be able t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-06 Thread krochat
jeromeharris wrote: > Perhaps I should disconnect both cables from both SBTs, turn on the LMS > PC's WiFi, and see if the bedroom SBT can find it wirelessly. I've diagrammed out your system and I'm pretty confident that the router-as-a-switch still has the DHCP server enabled. It should be disab

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-06 Thread krochat
jeromeharris wrote: > > I wonder if my router-as-switch is somehow set up wrongly, thus > preventing the bedroom SBT from "seeing" the LMS PC. If any of you are > router-as-switch savvy, I'd love suggestions about what to check in its > software and cabling configuration It will take me a whil

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-06 Thread jeromeharris
krochat wrote: > Your LMS PC is 192.168.1.100, so the SBT and PC are on two different > subnetworks. I'm surprised that the LMS PC can ping the SBT, and > wouldn't be at all surprised if the SBT can't see the PC, although I > don't know much about the LMS network architecture. > > If I were debu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-06 Thread slartibartfast
jeromeharris wrote: > > > > > I am not sure that they are--I'd love suggestions for the best way to > test that. > > Jerome You should be able to use the software utility that came with the Powerline adaptors to tell you if they are connected. Plug the PC running the utility into one of th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-05 Thread krochat
jeromeharris wrote: > My bedroom SBT's IP address (when it's Ethernet-cabled to the powerline > adapter) is 100.38.105.154...below is the result of pinging that address > from my audio PC: Your LMS PC is 192.168.1.100, so the SBT and PC are on two different subnetworks. I'm surprised that the LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-05 Thread jeromeharris
krochat wrote: > To be clear, you're now running your bedroom SBT and LMS PC on the main > network, not the second network? > > In any case, can the LMS PC see the bedroom SBT? > > 1) On the bedroom SBT, go to Settings->Advanced->Squeezebox > Information->Squeezebox Touch Information and write

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-01 Thread slartibartfast
jeromeharris wrote: > Folks: > > Thanks to your great info, I'm making progress :)! So far, I have: > > -- bought and installed new powerline network adapters (the new ones > claim to have faster throughput rates than our old ones), including one > that my audio PC system is wired to; > > --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-01 Thread krochat
jeromeharris wrote: > > --when I open LMS on the audio PC, it shows the presence of the living > room SBT in both the Web interface and in Settings. However, the only > sign of the bedroom SBT is in the Web interface, where it is one of > three players listed (along with the living room SBT, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-01 Thread garym
What happens with the Bedroom Touch when (on the Touch screen) you select "my music" from the menu. Does it offer the option of connecting to your LMS Library? *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.4) > LMS 7.9.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4) > LMS 7.9.1 > Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2018-01-01 Thread jeromeharris
Folks: Thanks to your great info, I'm making progress :)! So far, I have: -- bought and installed new powerline network adapters (the new ones claim to have faster throughput rates than our old ones), including one that my audio PC system is wired to; -- updated my audio PC's LMS to 7.9.1 (and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-30 Thread toby10
jeromeharris wrote: > .. Does leaving a computer-based music system connected to the wide > wild Internet raise malware/hacking/security vulnerabilities... Not really. The vast majority of security issues are due to an action taken by an authorized user already on the network. Open inf

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-29 Thread garym
I suggest a single network. Put your PC running LMS on that network. Use standard firewall/anti-virus software on the PC running LMS and you'll be fine. jeromeharris wrote: > however, I already use a powerline adapter pair to extend the reach of > our existing broadband network from our bedroo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-29 Thread krochat
jeromeharris wrote: > > Having an audio-only WiFi "sub-network" sounds really useful to me (for > instance, I recall reading somewhere that multiple SBTs on one network > can play independent streams at the same time), if I can implement it > without undue expense and physical hassle. > Jerome

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-29 Thread jeromeharris
mherger wrote: > If already you have a computer running LMS, you should make it > available to all SB devices. > > > host LMS--OR somehow extend my living room fanless PC's WiFi's reach > so > > I can put the bedroom SBT on that network > > Yes, that's the way to go. WiFi improvement, or power

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-29 Thread slartibartfast
jeromeharris wrote: > Dear SBT Community: > > I have a few questions... > > I own and use two SBTs: one I have been using (at my bedroom desk) > exclusively to play Internet radiostreams via its analog RCA audio > outputs connected to a pair of powered speakers. The one in the living > room--wh

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-28 Thread Michael Herger
-- for my bedroom SBT, get another fanless PC or equivalent device to No. If already you have a computer running LMS, you should make it available to all SB devices. host LMS--OR somehow extend my living room fanless PC's WiFi's reach so > I can put the bedroom SBT on that network Yes, tha

[SlimDevices: Touch] Preparing My SBT Systems For Streaming: TIDAL, Spotify, Others

2017-12-28 Thread jeromeharris
Dear SBT Community: I have a few questions... I own and use two SBTs: one I have been using (at my bedroom desk) exclusively to play Internet radiostreams via its analog RCA audio outputs connected to a pair of powered speakers. The one in the living room--while sometimes also playing Web radio-