How about this: you get a separate wireless router, set it up with a different subnet and SSID than your "main" router. The Touch plugs in with an ethernet cable to the new router. The server also connects with a cable to the new router. The WAN port of the new router plugs into a LAN port of the main router. Your android phone connects to the new router SSID.
The Touch, the server and thed phone all get their IP address via DHCP from the new router as usual, no special setup on any of the devices. Since the subnet is different it makes no difference if the main router is on or not. Its just there to connect to the internet for mysb.com or internet radio stations etc. You have now created a completely separate network just for the squeezebox system that is self contained, it CAN connect to the internet if the main system is up and running, but it doesn't HAVE to. If you want to control the server just connect the wireless on your laptop to the new SB net, it will get IP address from the new router and will be able to connect to the server. The only setup issues will be in the new router itself. You will need to setup the subnet to be different than your main subnet and make sure you have a different SSID (wireless network name). For example if the main router has a subnet of 192.168.1.xxx make your new one is 192.168.2.xxx. An SSID of something like SBnet would make it obvious which one to connect to. If your router allows it, you CAN reserve static IP addresses for the server and the Touch, that way you always know what they are. You can let the router assign the address for a phone or laptop connected to the network. This scheme actually works VERY well, I've done this many times. The fact that there are two routers in the path seems to work very well in most cases. The only problem is voip phones, so I reccomend you don't put voip phones on the SB network. (it CAN be done but its a more advanced topic) Going through two routers can slow down internet access slightly and add a little bit of latency, but you should never notice it for playing music. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89674 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
