Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread DJanGo
castalla wrote: > I recently added a wifi repeater ... previously I was able to label the > devices in netscan using the mac addresses. With the repeater, devices > using that access get the same mac address (??). With upto 15 devices, > I can't recall what is what! Thats a basic princip of I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
get.amped wrote: > The wifi repeater should simply create a bridge between it and the other > wifi access point/router. The devices that connect to it still have > their own individual and (supposedly) unique Media Access Control (MAC) > addresses, but maybe the repeater is somehow obfuscating th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread get.amped
castalla wrote: > Ah ... thereby lies a tale! > > I recently added a wifi repeater ... previously I was able to label the > devices in netscan using the mac addresses. With the repeater, devices > using that access get the same mac address (??). With upto 15 devices, > I can't recall what is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
bonze wrote: > This thread has been driving me crazy all day, as I thought the question > had cropped up before. > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?86536-How-do-you-change-the-network-name-of-the-Touch > > Looks like it is in /etc/hostname (post #10) > > Haven't had the chance to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread bonze
This thread has been driving me crazy all day, as I thought the question had cropped up before. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?86536-How-do-you-change-the-network-name-of-the-Touch Looks like it is in /etc/hostname (post #10) Haven't had the chance to test this yet though. LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
get.amped wrote: > I'm not advocating that anyone do this... > > @castalla - considering that you are running multiple (?) linux hosts > and are using netscan, it's not a huge leap to think that you are > familiar with basic principles of TCP/IP networking, even if you haven't > implemented them

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread get.amped
DJanGo wrote: > please remove the part wit "horst" or "*L*a*m*ehorst" thats ... > Even a good Antivirus would like changes of "lokalhorst" undo cause > thats really like elect Bush/Berlusconi/Ferkel as president.. I'm not advocating that anyone do this... @castalla - considering that you a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
DJanGo wrote: > whats the meaning of this? > > Please do a research what is "broadcast" in Terms of Networking and > whats DNS (Distributed Name Services / Server) > > > > lirumlarumlöffelstiel > > . I simply asked for advice - not for an online course in networking. Thanks. Touch - Mu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread DJanGo
castalla wrote: > Eh? whats the meaning of this? Please do a research what is "broadcast" in Terms of Networking and whats DNS (Distributed Name Services / Server) castalla wrote: > I have a number of linux devices which show a hostname - these show up > in netscan. lirumlarumlöffelstiel

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread get.amped
castalla wrote: > Hmm? > > I have a number of linux devices which show a hostname - these show up > in netscan. If your linux devices are running Samba (or other SMB-based file sharing), they will do the same type of broadcasts. Netscan may also be able to make queries to those machines based o

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
get.amped wrote: > Not really. The devices only have an IP address, either statically > assigned by you or dynamically assigned by a DHCP server on your > network. They aren't like Windows computers that will broadcast their > host name to other Windows computers, one of which ends up maintaining

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread get.amped
castalla wrote: > Is there any way to get these devices to broadcast a host name across my > network? Not really. The devices only have an IP address, either statically assigned by you or dynamically assigned by a DHCP server on your network. They aren't like Windows computers that will broadcas

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
DJanGo wrote: > quite easy... > Just use the 24/7 System that you got as a dns Server tell them the ip > xyz has name blablub and everything you dont knew ask 8.8.8.8 (google > dns). > Set your dhcp server to use your "new" dns server when a new ip is > given. > Then change on the Systems with st

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread DJanGo
castalla wrote: > Is there any way to get these devices to broadcast a host name across my > network? quite easy... Just use the 24/7 System that you got as a dns Server tell them the ip xyz has name blablub and everything you dont knew ask 8.8.8.8 (google dns). Set your dhcp server to use your

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch (& SB Radio) - broadcast host name

2014-05-16 Thread castalla
Is there any way to get these devices to broadcast a host name across my network? Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1