[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-10 Thread Maditude
> Change the LAN IP address of the wireless router to 192.168.1.2 > and turn off its DHCP server. That did it, thanks much! -- Maditude ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-10 Thread Bill Burns
Maditude wrote: radish Wrote: If a router is cheaper (as they often are, especially with rebates etc), buy that and just don't use the WAN port. I have done that several times with success. Is there some sort of trick to this? I got it all working without too much trouble (WPA) and the wirele

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-10 Thread Michaelwagner
I suspect they're both trying to be the DHCP host. Tell one of them (pref. the one without the WAN connection) to stop. I think that should do it. -- Michaelwagner ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/l

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-10 Thread Maditude
radish Wrote: > If a router is cheaper (as they often are, especially with rebates etc), > buy that and just don't use the WAN port. I have done that several times > with success. Is there some sort of trick to this? I got it all working without too much trouble (WPA) and the wireless squeezebo

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-03 Thread Fifer
> Something else to consider ... if any of your other squeezeboxen are > wireless, you can use the squeezebox as a wireless bridge, it seems SB2 only though. -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-03 Thread Maditude
> Before you head down that route, why is ethernet impossible > in the kitchen? Because I'm not allowed to cut through sheetrock (for good reason, I'm not the handiest person). Thanks to all for the comments in the thread... -- Maditude ___ Discuss

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread Michaelwagner
Something else to consider ... if any of your other squeezeboxen are wireless, you can use the squeezebox as a wireless bridge, it seems http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16717 I don't know much about this, never tried it (none of mine are wireless) but it might be interesting to try.

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread Michaelwagner
Maditude Wrote: > Anyway, my wife wants to put a squeezebox in the kitchen, where running > ethernet is a pretty much impossible. Before you head down that route, why is ethernet impossible in the kitchen? I would have thought the kitchen the easiest place (in most homes) to string wires - the

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread radish
If a router is cheaper (as they often are, especially with rebates etc), buy that and just don't use the WAN port. I have done that several times with success. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.c

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread max . spicer
If you've got it available, use WPA instead. WEP is quite insecure in comparison. Max Doug Carter Wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 01:15:49AM -0700, ceejay wrote: > > ... > > so a simple Wirelass Access Point (WAP) is all you need. Plug it > into > > your wired LAN at any convenient point and

Re: [slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread Doug Carter
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 01:15:49AM -0700, ceejay wrote: > ... > so a simple Wirelass Access Point (WAP) is all you need. Plug it into > your wired LAN at any convenient point and off you go. ---end quoted text--- Its a good idea to set up WEP security on your access point (and SB2) so that you do

Re: [slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread Doug Carter
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 01:15:49AM -0700, ceejay wrote: > ... > so a simple Wirelass Access Point (WAP) is all you need. Plug it into > your wired LAN at any convenient point and off you go. ---end quoted text--- Its a good idea to set up WEP security on your access point (and SB2) so that you do

[slim] Re: wired / wireless lan

2005-10-02 Thread ceejay
If you've got a wired LAN, I guess you already have some kind of router between the LAN and the internet. If so, you don't need another one - so a simple Wirelass Access Point (WAP) is all you need. Plug it into your wired LAN at any convenient point and off you go. A "Wireless Router" is actua