Bugzilla – Bug 2730
Getting allocated 169.254.x.x addresses
Last modified: 2008-12-18 11:38:39 UTC
DHCP server on my LAN (DrayTek Vigor 2800). All other devices (2 wireless laptops, SB1, Sony PSP, 2 hard-wired desktops) all get DHCP addresses correctly. SB3 frquently accepts a 169.254.x.x address, and the DrayTek shows that no attempts were made to request an address. With the 169.x address the player is unusable. Wireless strength is excellent (around 88%). Rebooting etc. changes nothing. I have seen slight improvements by adding a DHCP Reservation to the DHCP server. Jim
I'm seeing this behavior as well, sometimes. I've made the problem go away sometimes by rebooting my router, but this doesn't work always. I eventually gave up and hard-coded the info into the squeezebox. My theory is that maybe the squeezebox is binding to a neighbor's wireless network for DHCP info. Is there an easy way to verify what the squeezebox is actually doing during the DHCP request? Cheers, Matt
Please make sure you have tried the 6.2.2 nightly builds with FW v29 and not just fw28 as selected above on this report. Also, contact support@slimdevices.com so that they may collect details about your setup.
The issue here is that the player thinks its connected to the wlan before authentication has completed and this is causing DHCP to start before there's connectivity. Awaiting a patch from Ubicom to notify the UI that the link is actually up and we have authenticated.
I have a fix that should appear in firmware 37. Will update this bug when it's available for download.
Please try the latest nightly build with Firmware 37 and reopen if you have issues. Also, please note details of your configuration if you have not already.