JohnSwenson;689673 Wrote: > On the stand alone network. You CAN connect a computer running an > external server direct to the Touch, BUT then you have to come up with > some way to assign network addresses. This is usually handled by the > DHCP server in your router. You can either assign static IP addresses > on both the computer and the Touch (and make sure they are on the same > subnet)or you can install a DHCP server on the PC (on XP this is called > internet connection sharing, I don't know what its called on Win7). *If > you don't do either of these the PC and the Touch choose their own > address, which usually mean they are on different subnets and can't > talk to teach other.*
The last part is incorrect. If you don't assign static IP addresses and have no DHCP server available, the server and Squeezebox will assign themselves addresses, but they _will_ be on the same subnet of 169.254.0.0/16. It's designed to work like this and is called 'link-local addressing' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address). Just make sure that neither one is configured with a static IP address. It's actually the simplest way to make it work. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93520 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
