xargs;163064 Wrote: 
> I found something that may be a clue to this problem.  When my
> Squeezebox was in the "can connect to SlimServer/can't connect to
> SqueezeNetwork" mode, I sniffed the traffic on my SlimServer box. 
> Traffic from the Squeezebox was using a 169.254.x.x IP address, and my
> wireless router/DHCP server did not show the Squeezebox as a DHCP
> client (it gives out addresses on 19.168.11.x).  I couldn't understand
> how 169.254 traffic could even get routed to my SlimServer box, until I
> noticed it had a route for 169.254.  I think this route, and the
> Squeezebox's bogus IP came from a VMWare installation running on the
> SlimServer box.
> 
> I've reconfigured VMWare to remove its DHCP server and deleted the
> suspect route.  I'm hoping this is the solution.

?  169.254.XXX.XXX is the Squeezebox's fallback address - one it uses
when it can't get a response from the DHCP server.


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