2.6Ghz 800FSB P4
1GB PC3200
4x 200GB (600GB RAID5 on 3Ware RAID controller)
40 or so GB boot drive with ClarkConnect something.
CDRW
500W crappy Ultra power supply.
stuck in the garage headless with static IP.
Big ol' In-Win full tower (cases built like a tank)
Good stuff.
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Look for
Home -> Library -> Logs -> slimserver.log
and open that file. The last thing in there should be a log event
with some information about why the server wouldn't start up.
Feel free to post it here for help.
-dean
On Aug 10, 2006, at 3:36 PM, alberg wrote:
I am trying to install
I too have had number of issues with builds in the 6.x realm. However,
I've found 6.2.2 to be extremely stable (on my linux server) and
responsive in the SB UI.
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/SlimServer_v6.2.2/
I think the key is not to be on the bleeding edge of the releases
(unless that
gamehendge2000 Wrote:
> Yes, I did have both a Squeezebox2 and a SoftSqueeze connected.
> Upgrading to the Aug 10 6.5 build seemed to resolve this problem.
>
> But I am now back to my old problem once again.
>
> I can connect, download channel data, etc - but no stream seems to get
> spit out.
Thought I'd throw in my $0.02. I absolutely love my Tannoy Reveal
Actives. I have a $15k Linn system that is my pride and joy... but I'm
constantly shocked at what I can hear on the Tannoy's that I can't on
the Linn system.
The Tannoy's are studio speakers so they are designed to be neutral in
s
Acoustic Energy has some distribution again in the US. I just got a
pair of AEGO's from Audio Advisors in the US. $199 including
shipping.
http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/productdetail.asp?sku=AE26-06B&product_name=Aego%20iPod/PC%20Speaker%20System
They sound wonderful. And one can hide the
GoCubs Wrote:
> Do you have any players connected to your server? The plugin requires
> at least one player be present. If you don't have any, you can start
> up a SoftSqueeze.
>
> -Greg
Yes, I did have both a Squeezebox2 and a SoftSqueeze connected.
Upgrading to the Aug 10 6.5 build seemed t
gamehendge2000 Wrote:
> Running plug-in: 0.5.10
> Running SlimServer: SlimServer Version: 6.5b1 - 8880 - Windows XP - EN
> - cp1252 (Aug 9 build)
>
> SlimServer constantly crashes when accessing the Sirius plug-in.
> Happens at different times: sometimes selecting browsing by channel, by
> genre
Running plug-in: 0.5.10
Running SlimServer: SlimServer Version: 6.5b1 - 8880 - Windows XP - EN
- cp1252 (Aug 9 build)
SlimServer constantly crashes when accessing the Sirius plug-in.
Happens at different times: sometimes selecting browsing by channel, by
genre, by preset - but always between the
I have an Athlon 64 2000+ with 512 megs of ram.
I put it in an Antec Minuet:
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15102
and replaced the stock heatsink/fan with a silent one.
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I used to be able to listen to this (http://www.freefm971.com/), with
SLimServer, but thet seem to have changed something. I have tried URL
Snooper and viewing source code, but I can't pick out the URL. Any
help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Brian Ritchie Wrote:
> Sounds odd. I've never noticed anything like this happening.
>
> I'd be surprised if scanning modifies the files. When you say "[the]
> process corrupts [some of] the .wma files", do you mean that the actual
> files are corrupted? Do the file sizes or modification times ch
fingers Wrote:
> Here's some other interesting information. When I first copy the .wma
> files to the Music Folder, browse through SlimServer to the Music
> Folder, find the particular album and play, all plays well. However,
> when I then tell SlimServer to find new music, including trying to
I am trying to install the Mac OS X version of SlimServer on my iMac G5.
The install runs without incident and I click on 'Start Server' in the
PrefPane. After a few seconds, the button turns from 'Stop Server' to
'Start Server' again and the server never gets started.
Any ideas how to troublesh
joek Wrote:
> In this case, you may have problems with a router trying to provide a
> dhcp ip mapped to a specific MAC address when the device is behind the
> SB3 bridge.
>
> In small environments, there is no need to use dhcp unless you are
> moving devices between networks (i.e. laptop).
I'm
Most of the urls are of this format
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=&showDate=&segNum=&mediaPref=RM
will depend on the source program
is the date of the programe
last field is RM for RealAudio or WM for WMA.
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In my experience and with some research I don't believe your router will
see the MAC address of the network device bridged through your SB3. I've
used multiple routers with multiple different bridge wireless clients
all with the same results.
I have a Tivo bridged through my SB3 and the router on
How do people retrieve the URL's for archived NPR content?
For instance, you can go to
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5602441 for an old
interview with Robin Williams. If you don't have the cookie set for an
audio player, you can get the URL by clicking on "listen" and then
I have a script that will output an ODF (openoffice) document suitable
for use with the DirectPlay plugin but could also be used for other
things. ODF docs can be pretty easily converted to PDF.
You can get the script and take a look at a screenshot here:
http://ultratrendy.com:31888/slim/
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Oh another thing to note. If you disable the wireless then the SQ will
not be able to display the clock when turn "off".
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VIA EPIA SP13000
Hiper Media Case
Panasonic Slotload DVD CW8124
Maxtor 120GB
512MB Crucial RAM
I replaced the stock CPU fan with a SilentX one and replaced the case
PSU fan with an Akaska silent fan.
OS is Debian, for now. I intend on replacing it with EpiOS when it is a
bit more mature.
All m
I'm always happy to be a guinea pig.
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guardian_de Wrote:
> What broadcasts would that be? An ESSID beacon? Nope, it is disabled on
> my AP.
Yes the ESSID. Which I generally recommend to people NOT to disable
it. I have run into too many devices that work poorly when the beacon
signal is disabled. (portable wifi devices).
Just to b
Just an idea: why not get a Sonic T-amp and some decent speakers? The
T-amp will run you about $45 (including a power supply) and is tiny.
Then you can use whatever speakers you want. I have a SB3 hooked to a
T-amp powering some Onix XLS speakers ($200) and it looks and sounds
great!
Lanier
I have a project that I have been cooking away at, that I intend to
release when I am happy with it. It will query the DB (if you are
using mysql / I have not tested it with the stock DB) and create a
page in a PDF document with the cover art, a barcode of the album id,
a barcode of the artist id,
95bcwh Wrote:
> All, Not sure if this has been asked before, I wonder if there's a way
> to get some kind of "reports" or catalogue out of slimserver software?
> I have thousands of album on my hard drive and I want to generate a
> report sorting each album by its name, or by its artist.Is there
m1abrams Wrote:
> Another question, will you be disabling the access point too when you
> disable the SB? Because even if it does not have active connections it
> still sends broadcasts.
What broadcasts would that be? An ESSID beacon? Nope, it is disabled on
my AP.
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You are right I forgot about that.
So ok you could but you would also have to re-establish the net
connection with the server. How long would this take? Probably not
too long in most cases.
But why go to this trouble? What is so important about disabling a
rather weak RF signal. The radiatio
My SlimServer is also my main desktop:
- Athlon 64 X2 4600+
- Scythe SCNJ-1000 heatsink
- Yate Loon D12SL-12 fan in top of case; speed-controlled via motherboard
- GeForce 7800GT
- Zalman ZM80D-HP / ZM80D-IK1 heatsink
- Yate Loon D12SL-12 fan, blowing across heatsink; wired to 5 volts
- Samsu
My server details:
Thinkpad 240, 300 MHz, W2K, 192 MB RAM
450 albums on a LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini 250 GB
Works great! The disk generates more heat than the Thinkpad.
/Munge
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On 8/10/06, m1abrams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SB is very much a dumb client, and the server does most of the work.
When you issue a IR command ANY IR command that command gets sent to
the server directly and the server issues a command back to the client
as to what it should do.
That's not st
My primary desktop is running my SlimServer.
CPU: Intel PD Dual Core - 940 3.2GE 4M
Motherboard: ASUS P5LD2 Intel 945P DDR2 SATA
Memory: DDR2 533 2048M PC4200 (2x1024M)
Hard Drive: Maxtor 300G SATA 16M 7200rpm
Optical Drive: LG H10A 16X DVD +/- RW DUAL BK
Case & Power: Midtowe Black Side Window C
> SlimServer is my old P4 desktop with some added RAM.
I hope it has some more tasks to do than just run SlimServer! :-)
> - P4 3.0GHz
> - 2 GB PC3200 ECC RAM
> - 200 GB HDD
Mine is a Via C3/1GHz, 512MB, SME Linux 6.0 (running the usual suspects
in a typical LAMP system, too), 120GB, backed u
I recently sold the abovethelaw.com domain which I used for hosting the
SuperDateTime and Sirius plugins.
As such, the plugin download page has been changed to
www.gregbrown.net
Thanks
-Greg
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Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66GHz
1Gb RAM
120GB HDD
- Virtually silent
- Tiny - 6 inches square by 2 inches high.
- Very low power requirements - I leave it on 24x7
The other attraction for me was that I wanted to explore Macs -
obviously this will not be an attraction for everyone. It's much better
for
Whoa... just checked the Sonos site. $400 for a remote?!! I knew there
was a reason I went the Slim route...
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Using the Sonos remote with Slimserver would be very cool.
I read somewhere that a Sonos user would pass his remote around at
parties so that his friends could add their selections to the (Sonos)
playlist. Great idea - and obviously only works if the remote is
utterly intuitive like the Sonos.
C
guardian_de Wrote:
> Just to put that clear: I'm fine with the fact that the SB3 draws ~5W
> continously because it's always on. What I want is that when I switch
> it off by IR, the wireless transmitter is powered down. The SB3 stays
> in standby and waits for the IR to turn it on again. Then th
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
> Again, the issue is that the ON command is processed by the server. The
> SB needs to be in communication with the server so that the server can
> turn it on.
>
Just to put that clear: I'm fine with the fact that the SB3 draws ~5W
continously because it's always on. What
Thanks all for the suggestions, they do indeed look like better ways of
doing it and I'll try them out in the future!
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jimdibb Wrote:
> This part of the problem cannot be a transcoding problem, unless he
> means
> that while a song is already playing it take 30-40 seconds. If it
> takes
> that long without music, something else must be wrong. Maybe the HD is
> set
> to spin-down if the system is idle.
>
> My l
guardian_de Wrote:
> Nonetheless I think it should be possible to turn the transmitter off by
> firmware. I would be glad if this behaviour was configurable so that I
> can choose between keeping the radio on when switched off by IR and not
> keeping it on.
Again, the issue is that the ON comman
This part of the problem cannot be a transcoding problem, unless he means that while a song is already playing it take 30-40 seconds. If it takes that long without music, something else must be wrong. Maybe the HD is set to spin-down if the system is idle.
My laptop server under linux seems to be
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
> Enable wired networking, unplug it or put it in a metal box.
Nonetheless I think it should be possible to turn the transmitter off
by firmware. I would be glad if this behaviour was configurable so that
I can choose between keeping the radio on when switched off by IR and
n
Here are some numbers I measured last night:
>From Browse Albums, I push Right Arrow. It takes about 30-40 seconds
for the 1st album to display.
>From the time I select a song to the time it starts playing takes about
20 seconds for the first song after turning SB3 on. There is no delay
when it g
Marc Sherman Wrote:
> audiofi wrote:
> > I bought Edirol MA10D and MA15D for Squeezebox demo's and other
> things
> > and they are excellent speakers.
>
> Have you ever tried the Edirol MA7A? They seem to be a smaller version
> of the 15D, without the digital in. Any comments on their quality?
>
All,
Not sure if this has been asked before, I wonder if there's a way to
get some kind of "reports" or catalogue out of slimserver software? I
have thousands of album on my hard drive and I want to generate a
report sorting each album by its name, or by its artist.
Is there a way of doing this?
oriordan Wrote:
> Is there a transcoding you'd recommend that is less CPU intensive? Sound
> quality is less of an issue than responsiveness.
>
> Also, where do I set the format to transcode to?
> I looked under home/server settings/file types but it just gives me a
> list of formats to enable;
When I just plugged in a cable, nothing happened, as you wrote. If it
was connected to something powered I got that question, and could
disable bridging - which was enabled before.
When I earlier checked "Current Network Settings" it said "Bridge
wireless to ethernet: Yes". Now it says no.
It SH
There are of course the new Acoustic Energy Aego M units:
http://www.multitask-computing.co.uk/catalog/default.php?manufacturers_id=44
These come in at £99.95 and are available in black or white, conveniently
matching the Squeezebox. :o) I have a set of Aego 2s myself, and for tbe
price they're e
Marc Sherman Wrote:
> Does anyone happen to know where I could find either the Edirol or AE
> speakers in the Toronto area, by any chance?
This would be good to know for me as well - I'm 2 hours away (London).
Note that Edirol is owned by Roland. I'm guessing music stores may
stock them or cou
tommypeters Wrote:
> OK, so I need to plug something in to be able to turn it off. I'll check
> if it's enough with just plugging in a cable, or a cable connected to
> something powered on - I guess the former.
If you don't have anything plugged in it was never enabled in the first
place.
If yo
Just noticed Superfi have the AEGO's on offer here:
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo-1.cfm/Product_ID/2543/source/kelkoo
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Vie
audiofi wrote:
> I bought Edirol MA10D and MA15D for Squeezebox demo's and other things
> and they are excellent speakers.
Have you ever tried the Edirol MA7A? They seem to be a smaller version
of the 15D, without the digital in. Any comments on their quality?
> The Acoustic Energy AEGO's are als
guardian_de Wrote:
> I don't want the unit to radiate all the time when it is not needed .
> Call me hypochondriac.
Enable wired networking, unplug it or put it in a metal box.
I do think of things like that, but it's a drop in the bucket as we're
all saturated by radio waves that we can't turn
OK, so I need to plug something in to be able to turn it off. I'll check
if it's enough with just plugging in a cable, or a cable connected to
something powered on - I guess the former.
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Mark Lanctot Wrote:
> Any specific reason why you want the wireless module off?
I don't want the unit to radiate all the time when it is not needed .
Call me hypochondriac.
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tommypeters Wrote:
> BTW, after the original setup you can go back to network setup by
> holding the LEFT button. But if wireless bridging is turned on I don't
> see a way to turn it off. Maybe if I would connect it to a wired
> network so I'm able to select wired networking, then later changing
thoeng Wrote:
> okay so be it. i thought this thread might be useful for those who is
> trying to build small & silent server like me. Folks, write down your
> slimbox detail specification or even picture is better. you could
> practically write down anything including placement, cases, how do yo
BTW, after the original setup you can go back to network setup by
holding the LEFT button. But if wireless bridging is turned on I don't
see a way to turn it off. Maybe if I would connect it to a wired
network so I'm able to select wired networking, then later changing
wireless network again - may
As I said, just because someone has ported an application to a platform
doesn't mean the platform was designed for that in the first place.
Sure, it can do those things, but it wasn't designed for many of them.
By your definition, any of the current windows mobile devices are swiss
army knives. Y
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
> Optical input you say? (I notice it has coaxial too). Have you
> compared the sound to the analog sound coming out of the SB2/3? i.e.
> how do the DACs compare?
>
> My 2-channel amp just died and if I can't fix it I'll be getting some
> active monitors for my SB2 in the
luga00 Wrote:
> I went for the Edirol MA-15D's about a year ago. Both my kids have them
> in their rooms but as a composer of music for computer games I am quite
> picky with monitors and these are so good for the price. Also they have
> a dedicated optical input.
>
> http://www.dolphinmusic.co.
I bought Edirol MA10D and MA15D for Squeezebox demo's and other things
and they are excellent speakers.
The Acoustic Energy AEGO's are also impressive, especially for the
price and excellent build quality, I installed a set of the older AEGO
2's for a client and found them very capable.
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I went for the Edirol MA-15D's about a year ago. Both my kids have them
in their rooms but as a composer of music for computer games I am quite
picky with monitors and these are so good for the price. Also they have
a dedicated optical input.
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/produc
Deaf Cat Wrote:
> Mark, I take it you get no losses, when pinging?
No losses that I can recall with the SB as a bridge. It seems the
first ping is the longest, something needs to "wake up" to respond to
further pings.
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Ah I'm still at the starting blocks I'm afraid, not got as far a using
the SB as a bridge yet, just sorting getting the things talking to each
other through the router with no low level cock ups at the moment.
Still getting 25% loss now and then when pinging the laptop from the
desk top but the o
Epia M1000
512Mb RAM
1 x 80Gb system disk
2 x 200Gb storage disks
Win XP Pro SP2
ATI Radeon 9250 PCI
Silverstone LC11 case
http://audiofi.dudehost.com/insurance/pc.jpg
Also doubles up as a PVR so also has:
USB-UIRT
Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2
ATI Remote
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So...the 770 is a web browser, email client, rss feed reader, vnc
client, vnc server ssh client, ssh server, pdf reader, eBook reader,
video player, audio player, voip phone, personal information manager,
you can play chess, mahjong, even doom, it's got a bash shell, unix
utilities, musical instru
Thanks Paul. I have just sent it to you.
Paul
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I run a 1.6 GHz or so toshiba satellite laptop running linux. The screen is always closed. It's in my basement so noise is not an issue. I run an external 80GB drive in a maddog usb 2.0 case. They share an apc 350 ups.
It doesn't have to be silent if you put it in the right place. With etherne
The wireless networking card is always active as long as there's power
unless you switch it to wired networking.
The device never really goes off, it just goes into an idle state.
It has to do this in order to respond to IR remote commands which are
passed and processed in the server, in additio
Deaf Cat:
Which device is going through an SB as a wireless bridge?
I can recall that ping times through the SB weren't bad, 1-4 ms.
As I said, speed doesn't seem to be the problem, something else is.
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AE really have got their act together in terms of value for money.
Best price I have seen is here - £90 incl. UK delivery.
http://www.hifix.co.uk/shop.lasso?shop=ACOUSTIC%20ENERG
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Hi,
Sorry I have been out of the loop for a couple of days.
Email me your TS-101 MAC address and we can take it from there.
Thanks
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Paul
Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd
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Okay, I'll try a different tact. I now have said drive attached directly
to my pc (xp). Whilst the drive shows up in the bios, device manager and
computer management, there is no sign of it in windows explorer.
The drive doesnt appear to have a volume associated with it (e: etc.)
which may be th
This isn't a robocopy problem - you have a low level network issue.
This Micrsoft article is a good place to start troubleshooting:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325487/
Cheers.
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okay so be it. i thought this thread might be useful for those who is
trying to build small & silent server like me. Folks, write down your
slimbox detail specification or even picture is better. you could
practically write down anything including placement, cases, how do you
overcome noises, heat
You should be able to install 10.3 or 10.4 on that computer, but
it'll be pretty slow.
Consider buying a Mac mini, it'll be a lot faster and will come with
a current version of MacOS on it...
On Aug 10, 2006, at 5:01 AM, Jazz1 wrote:
I'm thinking about pumping up this old Apple Tower wi
I'm thinking about pumping up this old Apple Tower with more memory and
a larger hard drive. I know it is limited to 120 Gig using the native
HD bus.
The question is can this thing run SlimServer under OSX 10.XX? Does the
G3 have enough power to push Apple Lossless via ethernet?
Just wondering i
tommypeters Wrote:
> "The specified network name is no longer available"... hmmm...
>
> What OS do you have on the machines? Wind$ws? Well updated? That was
> anyway a common problem in earlier Windows versions, fixed in updates.
Ah, well I have XP on both machines, the laptop was formatted and
It is not curious. The 770 is not a swiss army knife because it has been
created for very constrained use cases - it's an Internet tablet. That
is how it is designed, and that is what it is for.
You should notice my mention of paradox; it is true that the 770 has a
lot of extendability potential
mherger Wrote:
>
> I don't quite understand: what radio? When you power off the device
> through the remote the stream will not continue.
>
> Or do you mean the wireless network? This won't be turned off unless
> you
> unplug the power cord.
Ok, I should have phrased more carefully. With r
I run my Zenwalk server headless without a particularly complicated
setup. I have a VNC connection, but the GUI won't start remotely. I
may fix it eventually, but I've lost too much sleep as it is trying to
make linux work. Instead I just use Samba for file transfer and
connect to Slimserver re
Owen Wrote:
>
> I'm running 6.3.1 on a QNAP TS -101 with a SB3. They are currently
> ethernetted into an ADSL/router to avoid the complication of Ethernet
> bridge and Wireless. All IP addresses are fixed and reserved. I have no
> trouble accessing SqueezeNetwork. I have reset the TS-101.
>
I m
Is it possible to turn the radio off, when the device gets switched off
by the IR remote and turn the radio on when the SB is switched on by the
remote again?
I don't quite understand: what radio? When you power off the device
through the remote the stream will not continue.
Or do you mean t
My SqueezeBox 3 has a wireless connection to the Slimserver. But when I
don't listen to music, I don't won't the wireless radio to be active
all the time.
Is it possible to turn the radio off, when the device gets switched off
by the IR remote and turn the radio on when the SB is switched on by t
Andyoz Wrote:
> These seem to be popular with owners but no timber finish though:
>
> http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/836204/Acoustic_Energy_Aego_Music_System/Product.html
>
> Andy
Thanks for the link.
The black version might be OK :-)
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"The specified network name is no longer available"... hmmm...
What OS do you have on the machines? Wind$ws? Well updated? That was
anyway a common problem in earlier Windows versions, fixed in updates.
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Could not wait:
D pinging SB 4 4 0 1ms
L pinging SB 4 4 0 179ms / 5ms / 7ms
To work :)
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Hiya :)
I hope you don't mind me joining in a bit, I've tried some pinging
here:
Laptop = L
Desk top = D
Ping loopback address 127.0.0.1
L - sent 4 received 4 lost 0% average 0ms
D - same
Ping own address
L - same
D - same
Ping gateway
L - sent 4 received 4 lost 0% ave 4ms
D - same
JJZolx Wrote:
> Let's see if I have this straight:
>
> - You're running the command on the desktop machine.
>
> - M: is a local drive on the desktop machine.
>
> - \\Charlie is the laptop machine.
>
> Why are you copying into someone's 'my documents' folder instead of
> that external drive?
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