bpa wrote: > I'm confused. Trying to understand what is or may be happening. > > Don't think so normally but in this case maybe - however LMS only > communicates on one network interface at a time so if squeezelite used > 127.0.0.1 then LMS wouldn't see the data. > > I can't see any option which lets squeezelite choose which network > interface it is supposed to use. > > Looking at the code - unless mac address has been defined (via UTMAC env > variable I think) , squeezelite first looks for a network interface > which can support SOCK_DGRAM (for server discovery) - so it uses > SIOCGIFCONF to list all matching interfaces. AFAICT If main network > interface is not ready - then squeezelite code may fall into using > "loopback". > > When Squeezelite starts (like any SB player) it broadcasts a packet to > discover all LMS servers - so squeezelite has to use a real network > interface. The only exception I think is LocalPlayer. > A preconfigured server can be defined using "-s" option which is not > used in this case.
> I can't see any option which lets squeezelite choose which network > interface it is supposed to use. Not in the OP's command line. But in my examples I use 127.0.0.1 a lot of the time, especially when testing 39103 ronnie +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: squeezelite config.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39103| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117047 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
