SlimNAS Internet Radio Issues

[mr nick]

I have been running SC on Windows Server 2003 for years now with no issues but I've decided to get rid of the server box and replace it with a FreeNAS unit instead.

I have installed FreeNAS 0.69 and SC7.3.3 and the music streaming side of things works without a hitch but I can't fathom out how to get the radio working. When I look at my SC homepage on the FreeNAS box I see a very different list of options:



If I use the 'Tune In' option, I get timeout errors all the time. I have also noticed that if I try and use the extension downloader then the list comes up blank so I'm guessing there is some sort of issue with the internet link but when I use the FreeNAS ping tool it will happily ping Google etc so it looks like it's OK.

I'm hoping it's just me being exceptionally numb and missing something blindingly simple - is anyone able to shed some light on these issues?

[mherger]

> I have installed FreeNAS 0.69 and SC7.3.3 and the music streaming side
> of things works without a hitch but I can't fathom out how to get the
> radio working. When I look at my SC homepage on the FreeNAS box I see a
> very different list of options:

Make sure FreeNAS' network settings are complete and correct. I think the
gateway or DNS isn't set automatically.

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Michael

[mr nick]

The IP was initially set by DHCP and the DNS server etc appeared to be correctly picked up. The fact I can ping external IP addresses from the FreeNAS box would appear to back this up but just in case I altered the settings from DHCP to manual and put in everything by hand but I still got the same results. This is why I thought I must be missing something simple elsewhere and posted my query.

**EDIT**
Actually, I just went back to look at the DNS setting and this had been wiped when I changed the IP from DHCP to static so I reset it manually but when I tried to save the setting I got an error - 'Port 0 is already used by another service'. I set the port to 80 and rebooted and now everything has sprung to life. Sometimes I can't see the wood for the trees

[andyg]

This can occur if SC starts before the network is fully available. Also make sure you update to 7.3.4 which contains a workaround.