Bugzilla – Bug 1367
needed to reconfigure (with same settings!) for other OS
Last modified: 2005-06-07 15:41:09 UTC
I needed to reconfigure with exactly the same network settings, for a different OS. I was running exactly the same slimserver software, same configuration on the host OSes, one Mandrake, one Debianic thing (Kunnafonix). After reconfiguration the thing worked fine. But it took quite some time to figure this. The server machine has the same network settings on both OSes.
can you provide more details? what exact problems did you run into?
Well, more details. The Squeezebox was configured at 192.168.0.14. The Slimserver at 192.168.0.15, on a P4 machine. Everything was running fine under Mandrake. But when booting the Debian-like system the Squeezebox didn't find the Slimserver. Same IP address, even same Slimserver software/configs. After several reboots (booting into Debian and Mandrake) I finally thought of reconfiguring the Squeezebox, thinking that it wouldn't help, since I wasn't gonna change any settings. But, then, miraculously the Squeezebox found the Slimserver. With the same IP settings. If you need more details, please tell me which... :)
wireless/wired connection from squeezebox? if wireless, what model/fw rev of AP? what version of slimserver are you using? could be a dns leasing issue, if sqeezebox thought it still had a lease, and debian hadn't recieved a request in order to create the proper arp/route entries.
The box was wired. Can't get more information right now, since computer+squeezebox are 15 kilometers from here, and there's no internet connection at the site - yet.
If you are connecting to a slimserver on your local subnet, Squeezebox will attempt to use the hostname to find the server via a broadcast. (This is so that we can reconnect to server's whose IP address changes through DHCP.) Would this explain what you are seeing?
Yep, that's a perfectly valid explanation. :) It's funny however, that the Squeezebox after the reconfiguration did recognize both of the slimservers. But, maybe the box should first try hostname, and if that doesn't work, try same IP address?