pallfreeman wrote: > No offense intended, but: LOL. I started to type in my "configuration" > then realised I'd be here all night. :) > > Let's just say it's a large and complicated configuration, and what I > want to do is to be able to set up a Touch without it connecting to the > outside world, without disconnecting anything else, and with a minimum > of fuss. So far we have two options: try to configure the Touch whilst > disconnected (which reportedly doesn't work) then plug it in the usual > network to download the firmware, or plug it into a non-routed network > with just it and the LMS connected to perform both config and d/l. > > I'll find out what works when (if... no, don't think that, it's *when*) > Amazon send my "reserve" touch for use when Logitech completely shitcan > the Squeezeboxes.
OK so lets say you want to setup a static IP on the Touch and connect it to a network that already has LMS running on a computer on the network. Lets assume for the moment that they will be on the same subnet. First off you have to connect an ethernet cable to the Touch and the other end to something else active that is NOT on your network. For me the easiest way is to directly plug it into a laptop (not the network switch). It can be any other computer, a switch that is not connected to anything else, really it just needs to be anything that has a powered up ethernet jack that is NOT connected to the network. Boot the Touch. If this is a Touch that had been used before you will need to make sure you are pointing at the wired ethernet jack, not wifi. You can do this by selecting settings->advanced->networking->choose network->ethernet At this point it should try and connect to a DHCP server and fail, it will then bring up the screen that lets you enter a fixed IP address, mask, gatway etc. You now have a static IP on the Touch. You can then connect to the network and boot up. If the Touch is brand new out of the box it will try and connect to mysqueezebox.com. If it has a connection to the internet this might succeed. When it asks if you want to register you can press and hold the upper left arrow to get out of that. If there is no connection to the internet it will be stuck trying to connect. Again press and hold the upper left to get out. If the Touch has already been setup before it will not go through the "have to connect to mysqueezebox,com" part. If the server is on the same subnet it should find it. If the LMS computer is on a different subnet you will have to manually enter it's IP address (in this case it's important to have a fixed address or at least a reserved one for the server). For the next part I don't remember the exact sequence, I don't have the Touch in front of me now. You go to MyMusic and scroll down to the bottom, we want to get to remote library, it's either at the bottom of the list or you have to select something like choose server first. Anyway the remode library screen lets you enter the IP address of the LMS computer. Once the Touch is connected to LMS it will check the firmware revision. If it doesn't match the LMS version several things can happen. If the server already has the correct firmware in it's cache it will install it on the Touch. If the server doesn't have it, it will attempt to get it off the internet. If it can't get to the repository on the internet it will let you know the firmware is out of date. If that happens you will have to install the firmware using the USB stick. This should get you up and running. John S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96209 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
