RonM wrote: > LMS needs to be involved, so you need to install that on your laptop. > > Normally one would have a wifi router acting as intermediary between the > laptop and the players (with the speakers built in to the Boom). In the > absence of that, you can set up the laptop so that it is in effect both > the server and the router. You do this by implementing an "ad hoc" > connection between the laptop and the device. "Ad hoc" is what it's > called in the Windows context. > > I've done this with my laptop and a Boom, when on vacation. Allowed me > to control the music from my laptop, from the Boom and using a remote. > Could use an Android/iPhone as well. > > Ad hoc connections are not the most straightforward things, but > ultimately work fine. There are more difficulties implementing these on > Win8, but it's not impossible. > > R.
Thanks for this, RonM, very interesting. I do usually use a router between my laptop and the players but I have been having connectivity problems, possibly due to my wireless extender (but that's a whole other issue altogether!), so I'll look into the ad hoc connection. Unfortunately I am running Win 8 at present. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phonophobe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63939 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103003 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
