Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread ftlight
When I signed up as a beta tester for Long Island Cablevision's new broadband service in 1995 (this was a very early operation; I was still running Windows 3.1 with the Trumpet Winsock add-on for networking), that was how their network worked. I was able to browse all the neighbors' computers on

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread Mnyb
garym wrote: > And I'm thinking of some unbelievable security issues if in fact your > entire apartment complex is in fact a single network. You really need > your own router. Yeah of-course I would check if one of the niegbours NAS boxes has an open samba share :) they may show in network neig

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread garym
Mnyb wrote: > This points to another reason to why should have your own router if your > neighbours can interfer ,your "local" lan is really the lan for the > whole apartment complex which means that you are on the same network , > this also means that your lms server and web-UI is avaible to all

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread garym
squeeze1234 wrote: > Comcast at this location doesn't hand out long lifetime leases. Their > current DHCP leases only last for 24 hours. So it's very likely that > I'll run into an address conflict when I try to sneak in and assign a > fixed address to my device from within the range of their DH

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread Mnyb
squeeze1234 wrote: > Comcast at this location doesn't hand out long lifetime leases. Their > current DHCP leases only last for 24 hours. So it's very likely that > I'll run into an address conflict when I try to sneak in and assign a > fixed address to my device from within the range of their DH

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Larger Clock when alarm is on?

2013-01-15 Thread rmjb
Hello, I too am in the same situation as hip2b2. I convinced my wife to get me the Radio as a Christmas present, and I set it up to replace our alarm clock, but it does not function well as such. Do you know when the patch will be updated for the latest Radio firmware? - Regards, rmjb

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread squeeze1234
garym wrote: > It would be nice to know why this problem is occuring, but why not > switch to the fixed IP and just leave it (don't do the factory reset > afterwards). I use fixed IP addresses on all the items in my house that > don't ever leave, including all my hardware Squeezebox players. Co

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread garym
squeeze1234 wrote: > I did this experiment like you suggested (and like garym had suggested > earlier in this thread.) > > 1. I turned off my Squeezebox. > 2. I disconnected the incoming Comcast ethernet cable from my desktop > switch > 3. I forced a factory reset of the Squeezebox > 4. The radi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio refuses to stop using old DHCP address

2013-01-15 Thread squeeze1234
Mnyb wrote: > An experiment, disconect the incoming cable from Comcast but keep it > conected to the switch, redo the ethernet setup on radio, dhcp will now > fail and the script for static ip will now be used, set a static-ip in > the 192.168.x.y range. > [...] > Now what would it do if you redo