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 what! > > I guess the easiest would be to give all the SBs fixed memorable ip > addresses - then I'd stand a chance of knowing what is on the network > and what isn't > > It's that simple - a memory which is rapidly becoming inaccurate.
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 them. If that is the case, it would still need to make DHCP requests on behalf of the devices connected to it. Depending on what the capabilities are of the device providing DHCP services on your network (probably your broadband router), you could make DHCP reservations for all your known devices, assuring that they always get the same IP address without having to statically assign them in the devices' own configurations. You will still have some maintenance to do periodically because you will want to remove reservations for devices that are no longer in use. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.7.3 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge Audio DacMagic -> NAD C160 -> 2 x NAD C272 -> Quad 22L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ get.amped's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101562 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
