JohnSwenson;683075 Wrote: > From other threads I see that you are running LMS on a PC. In this case > ignore that status you were describing, its regarding the internal > server, which you do NOT want running if you are running an external > server. > > The Squeezebox system has a "discovery protocol" where both servers and > players broadcast messages trying to find each other. If these > brodcasts do not make it through your network the player and server may > not see each other. This situation can be caused by a firewall either in > the computer running LMS or in your router. The broadcasts use a > different protocol than the actual music streaming, so its definitely > possible to have the discovery messages blocked but still have music > play. > > Do the Touch and server never find each other or do they sometimes > connect and sometimes not? If they never see each other then you might > have a firewall issue. If they sometimes see each other, but sometimes > don't, then it is probably a network issue, particularly if you are > connecting with WiFi. Particulalry with WiFi sometimes the Touch > doesn't get an IP address from your router, and then it can't talk to > anything. If you get into a situation where it can't talk to anything > check to see if it has an IP address on your network. You can find this > under setup->advanced->diagnostics. Most home routers use a addresses > that look something like 192.168.1.153, if the Touch's address looks > significantly different, it might not be getting one from the router. > > At this point the best thing is to give us as much information as > possible about your setup such as: what computer type is the server > running on, what OS it has (Windows 7, XP etc), how is the computer > connected to the router, how is the Touch connected to the router, any > other network hardware (switches, wireless access points etc). When > does the "can't talk to anything" happen, all the time, just once in > while, it works after a reboot but then stops after some amount of > time, only when switching from an internet radio station or any other > pertinent information about the problem such as it works fine except > when you are popping popcorn in the microwave (don't laugh, it > happens). > > The more information we have the easier it is to try and track things > down. > > Thanks, > > John S.
Hi John, My setup is an SBT connected to my home network via WiFi. The player itself is about 2-3 metres away from the Wifi router, so the wireless signal strength should be fairly good. My home network also consists of a laptop running Windows 7 and a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.4.11. On both machines I'm running Logitech Music Server v 7.7.1. Both machines have iTunes and both sets of libraries have unique names. I also have an iPod Touch on which I'm running the Squeezebox remote app - the free one from Logitech, not iPeng. I've been using the SBT for about a week and till this evening I had no problems connecting to from either the PCs (via local LMS), or MySB.com from either the web-based remote control or the iPod app till today. For some reason this evening I couldn't connect from anything despite multiple attempts. Both the laptops and the iPod could pick up the Wifi, as could the player as I managed to stream Internet radio. However, I coudn't connect either the player to the local LMS server (on either laptop), the web-based remote control, or the iPod app. Finally I just reset the factory settings and the player managed to connect fine. Any tips? Thanks in advance. -- insomniac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ insomniac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92932 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
