Can I plug an SB3 into my laptop's CAT5 port to run powered speakers, or
do I have to have some sort of network arrangement?
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Should be able to, I would think. Used to run my Netgear MP101 exactly
that way, ie without a router. **Think** you need a crossover cable
rather than a straight one, but I may be wrong. I'd google home
networking or something similar. Could you borrow a cable to try it -
they're cheap enough
A safe bet is to buy a very simple switch with ethernet only connectors,
there are heaps of possibilites, D-link provides some very reasonably
priced alternatives.
Just make sure there's a dhcp server in the switch, if not, you will
have to set a fixed ip address in your laptop and you don't
Agreed. But, if what the OP is trying to achieve here is a temporary
setup (like taking the laptop, SB and powered speakers to a party to
provide background music) then the crossover solution is viable and
setting and clearing a couple of IPs isn't much of a price to pay.
Even if time==$$$,
A simple crossover ethernet cable is the most that you'll need. But
you'll need to set the laptop's nic the SB to static IP addresses on
the same subnet. (E.g. laptop=192.168.1.100, SB=192.168.1.101).
I've put together a couple of SB setups wiring the SB directly to a
mini-itx based linux
The downside with using the hardwired cabling is that you have to set
fixed addresses in both the SB3 and the laptop, if the laptop stay
fixed there, then that's fine and it will work...
But if you're moving the laptop around you will have to reconfigure the
ip addresses on the network card
Yeah
Simplest to do the x-over cable and if it gets too much hassle, then
you could always add a switch later. You don't burn any bridges by
doing this.
I CORRECT MYSELF:
You can set an autoconfiguration ip-address on your network card (if
you're running windows?) This means:
if there's no dhcp
Thanks, guys. I think I'll just play through my external sound card.
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haraldo wrote:
Yeah
Simplest to do the x-over cable and if it gets too much hassle, then
you could always add a switch later. You don't burn any bridges by
doing this.
Let me also correct something else: a switch would be no help in this
situation; switches do not, as a rule, run DHCP
