toby10;592672 Wrote: > As a non techie user myself I certainly agree. The one catch is in > cases where the same device IP is needed but the router does not > support reserved IP's. > In the SB environment this then becomes a kludge to accomplish, > apparently. > > I have a single device that requires the same IP, a networked printer. > Using router reserved IP a single mouse click next to that devices > IP/MAC and my problem is solved.
I think that most routers support DHCP reservation. Still Squeezeboxes work just fine without, they certainly don't require static IP's. I think that some users, when they have network problems, seek advice in these forums. Then other users, perhaps by mistake or because they don't know the difference between the two, advice them to try static IP's. When they should try and solve the underlying problem of their network and maybe also DHCP reservation - but certainly not static IP's. It's like all those regular users who get stuck trying to hack/install SBS on a NAS-devices because they don't know the first thing about unix - then they complain about Logitech making things complicated - What the hell are they thinking!? I ask, why make things complicated for yourself? -- Letten Duet -> Audioengine A5 Classic -> Sony surround reciever -> Jamo 5.1 Speakers / JBL 120Ti 2 Boom's 1 Radio SC 7.5.2 on Laptop running Windows 7 Linksys WRT54G wireless router ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Letten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16718 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83424 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
