Bug 9024 - Duet Receiver Bridging very dificult to enable
: Duet Receiver Bridging very dificult to enable
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: SB Receiver
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General
: 36
: All All
: -- enhancement with 15 votes (vote)
: 8.1.0
Assigned To: Felix Mueller
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Depends on: 7139
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Reported: 2008-08-04 09:58 UTC by johndewey
Modified: 2010-05-07 10:20 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description johndewey 2008-08-04 09:58:23 UTC
Using the Duet Receiver as a bridge has been implemented in the receiver hardware, but is disabled in the factory configuration.  It is not implemented in either the SqueezeCenter or Controller user interfaces.  Thus there is no way (short of a cryptic third party perl utility) to configure the Receiver to enable wireless bridging.

My first choice on resolving this is to user proof it.  If the receiver detects both a wired and wireless interface, it can attempt to reach the SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork IP over both the wired and wireless routes. If it only works on the wireless, then the wired interface can automatically operate in bridge mode.  If access is only over the wired interface, then bridging is turned off, and if it manages to connect over both, the bridging is also turned off.   Regardless, the current wired/wireless/bridge mode ought to show up in the receiver "status" screen on the controller.  

This approach would eliminate the need for any user interface options and should play well on the network, regardless of how the user connects everything. 

thanks
John
Comment 1 Mark J. Nelson 2008-08-18 20:22:51 UTC
This is a frustrating regression from Squeezebox functionality.  Calling it an enhancement seems somewhat disingenuous.
Comment 2 Felix Mueller 2008-11-06 09:40:45 UTC
Doh, there will be no 7.4 - moving it to 8.0
Comment 3 Blackketter Dean 2008-11-25 20:36:03 UTC
*** Bug 10125 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Blackketter Dean 2008-11-25 20:37:16 UTC
    You can do this with the plugin:

    http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43722

    But it could be easier as you describe.
Comment 5 James Richardson 2009-06-10 13:35:57 UTC
Targeting based on engineering discussion
Comment 6 denis.johnson 2009-09-21 05:03:50 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> You can do this with the plugin:
>     http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43722
>     But it could be easier as you describe.

I have followed above instructions using net_udap and although I manage to set various SBR settings, whenever I set bridging=1 the SBR no longer connects to the network. I have no problems setting it up to connect using wired interface=1 or wireless interface=0 using WEP, but no go when bridging enabled.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Comment 7 Alan Young 2010-05-07 10:20:22 UTC
All new Squeezebox products are likely to be based on the SqueezePlay platform.
We do not plan to implement any further enhancements to the ip3k firmware or
which are targeted specifically at ip3k-based products.