Mnyb;652636 Wrote: > In his first posts the OP specifically asked for a setup that did not > depend on wifi and would be extremely stable and trouble free. Cables > are simpler than radio and more reliable . > He also had some doubts about the reliability of dhcp and routers in > general . > I've got the impression that OP even wanted to avoid all possible > problems in advance, he did want to wait untill he get a wireless > problem and then figure out how to solve it. > he also mentioned living in a third world country and power outakes ? > > Of course it can work with just a router and wifi but it is not a given > that this basic setup " just works " it's evident from reading this > forum ( and owning these products ) that it is not awlays the case. > > One thing I find mandatory with even the simplest system is to at least > wire the server to the router. > >
Thanks Mnyb for your kind comments. And for reading in full my original post. I live in a single room apartment (I refer to it as a tiny small loft) located at the southernmost city in the world. Power outages are not the rule, but not unheard of. Nevertheless, the rule is ISP unreliability. I still can afford the difference in money between a Ethernet switch and a wireless router so as to get the Touch running as it should. Speaking of getting the Touch to work, I had to downgrade my latest firmware update as the Tiny SOB was rendered useless. Rolled it back to 7.5.something to get a breather. I just cannot wait until I have a dedicated computer aiding this flawed appliance and its always flawed software updates. In 3 weeks or so I'll get the nettop and will try the two solutions that made it to enticed me and post the results. By the way, once I set this up, I'm considering to disconnect it from the internet and keep the 7.5 version running until next year. By then, I'll check if there are posts referring to the latest version as better than 7.5. This two months I've been wasting time and money on this and I'm looking forward to solve this for good! Thanks to ALL those who contributed and please forgive my English. -- Solrac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Solrac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89674 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
