Bug 1178 – in setup allow user to specify server ip address

Bug 1178 - in setup allow user to specify server ip address

Summary:

in setup allow user to specify server ip address

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	SB 2/3
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Setup
Version:	unspecified
Platform:	All All

Importance:	P2 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Blackketter Dean

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Reported:	2005-03-24 11:07 UTC by Dave Cohen
Modified:	2009-09-08 09:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Dave Cohen 2005-03-24 11:07:41 UTC

in the latest firmware, if you press and hold left to change your setup, you are
given to option to connect to a server the box already knows about.  But, in
order to specify an ip address for another server, you must navigate through the
network setup again (i.e. get an ip address via DHCP, etc).  It would be nice if
"specify IP address" were added to the list of servers.

Comment 1 Blackketter Dean 2005-08-31 11:13:39 UTC

Fixed in latest nightly firmware.  Go into View Current Settings, scroll to server IP address and press 
right.

Comment 2 Jim McAtee 2008-07-08 16:30:12 UTC

I'd like to request that this bug be reopened.  That setting is hard to find (assuming you even know it's there) and difficult to use, buried as it is under Current Settings.

Is there any chance that the option could be added to the topmost level?

I run multiple servers on one computer and find it extremely difficult to switch a player between servers.  You can't select from the ones the player finds because the player freaks out and flips through all of them randomly.

The most direct route to doing this is to go through the whole network setup until you get to the last step, which is 'connect to a server'.  At that step, the user is presented with a menu choice to directly enter the IP address of the server.  It would be nice if the same option could appear at the top level.

Comment 3 Blackketter Dean 2008-07-10 04:56:52 UTC

I suggest that you open a bug to fix the freak-out so that it can discover all your local servers.  That's the best and most correct solution...

Comment 4 Jim McAtee 2008-07-10 09:39:29 UTC

Yeah, you're probably right. There's already bug 3592 addressing the other problem.  I just need to _remember_ where this setting is, which I can never do.