ScoobyMusic;209139 Wrote: > I ended up using an old system and load windows server 2003 (overkill > but I had a spare liscense). I have 3 partitions > 1 to boot to > second for applicatons > third for all data (flac files) > I remote desktop into it for maintenance and backup to a seperate > computer on the network. > I allow all systems to access it through the web interface. > It is a very good idea to set your router to ALWAYS give the server the > same IP address from your dhcp pool. that makes it easier for the > various slim devices to access it. > In my case I have a transporter, 4 slim devices and using dyndns I have > a static IP that I can access from work allowing me to listen to my > music at work. > > From chatting with others, if I didnt use win server I would go with > ubunto. very solid solution > > Library now has over 15,000 files in it. Even running 5 devices at once > the system works flawlessly. > I love this product You can accomplish the same thing with Windows XP Pro since it has a native remote desktop server. Or even XP Home with some flavor of VNC.
I would expect that there's little functional difference with SlimServer on the different versions of Windows (VISTA, though, is a different bird altogether). Most of the problems encountered on Windows are issues within SlimServer. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35806 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
