jbraveman;621550 Wrote: > I'd like to try to use the touch in the car using a mini-ITX server. > I'm going to have a professional do the wiring and mounting for me. > What I'd like to know is if I need a router? If so which one is a good > choice? If not, I'd like to connect the touch via ethernet directly to > the server. If I do this, how will I need to configure the network > settings on the touch to work? > If the router is the best way to go, how should I configure my home > wireless network, so it picks up the car network, when in the > driveway? > Thanks.
You shouldn't need a router. I assume you'll be using wired ethernet between the Touch and server within the car itself. You should just be able to directly wire the two to each other. It would probably be nice, though, to have a wireless card in the server (a lot of mini-ITX motherboards have onboard wifi) so that you could connect it to your home network and transfer music files to the server. Hard to say how good the wifi reception will be from inside the car, I've never tried it. If the server is in the trunk you might have to open the trunk to get a connection. If you do plan to connect the server to you home network you'll want to give the server static IP addresses on same subnet of your home network. The wireless card and the wired ethernet port will use two different IP addresses, and the Touch will use a third address. Make sure that the DHCP server on your home network (probably running on your home network's router) doesn't hand out any of the addresses that you're using in the car. Use addresses outside of the DHCP server's address pool. To configure the Touch to use wired ethernet it will need to be connected via wired ethernet to something (it has to see a connection). When you set it up, do so via wired ethernet on your home network. This will allow you to update it to the latest firmware and is also necessary to get past the myqueezebox.com registration step. To assign a static IP address I believe you'll need to temporarily disable the DHCP server on your network before connecting the Touch, otherwise it will automatically use DHCP. When it fails to find a DHCP server, you should be prompted to enter an IP address. You can turn the DHCP server back on after the Touch has been configured. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80255 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
