fatfred;596493 Wrote:
. using ICS is that it requires a working internet connection..
I am thinking that the laptop will need some dhcp server software.
That I don't know, it might need an internet connection, never tried
using ICS without an internet connection.
If you could use
Have got an improved result through the use of my htc desire phone as a
portable hotspot. The Phone acts as a wifi hotspot and the radio was
able to connect to it as does the laptop hosting the squeezebox server.
I have disabled the most of the background data services on the phone
but it still
I have my leg in a cast so my xmas caravan holiday would be greatly
improved by being able to run the squeeze radio from my laptop without
a router.
Laptop
So far I have been able to set up a adhoc network in windows7 and it is
waiting for connections. It is using wpa2 but have tried open etc
I've only ever tried a wired connection to a laptop from a player, this
requires Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) if running Windows. Dunno
if that works for WiFi.
Try connecting with NO encryption first, see if it connects.
Next I'd try wired, just to see if ICS is running and allows the
Thanks for your input Toby. The issue with using ICS is that it requires
a working internet connection. What I am after is a connection only
between the laptop and the radio. I would have thought it possible.
What will need to happen is a network address be given to the radio
probably when it
fatfred;596385 Wrote:
I have my leg in a cast so my xmas caravan holiday would be greatly
improved by being able to run the squeeze radio from my laptop without
a router.
Laptop
So far I have been able to set up a adhoc network in windows7 and it is
waiting for connections. It is using
