Hi,
got my new Duet on Friday. It's working fine but now I have some questions that are not answered in detail in any thread it seems.
1. I connected the receiver to my LAN with a cable. I looked at my DHCP server. It seems it gave out one IP address to the receiver and one to the controller. How to set fixed IP's for both devices? The documentation is wrong. I disabled the DHCP, made a factory reset - the I got NO connection and was never asked about entering the IP info manually. There is some alpha perl addon but it's only downloadable via CVS, and I don't want to do this.
2. I checked my network with my laptop. The Squeezebox receiver appears as a WEP encrypted access point in my network neighbourhood.
This seems to be a security risk?
What if someone cracks the receiver - will the person not have complete access to my network?
What is the WEP password?
Or is my thinking wrong and the receiver only talks to the Duet remote?
How is this ensured?
What if someone nearby has another duet controller and starts messing with my setup?
3. The database files are in "Documents and Setting". This is really bad, I would like to move ALL squeezebox files into one location on another drive. I did read some forum threads but it seems to be a hassle and not that practical. Also, not all files could be moved with a workaround. I would like to see a option during install where to put the cache and database files.
4. Question about the sound connection: I use the SPDIF optical connection. It has been claimed in other threads that this bypasses the very good DAC in the receiver. I think this might be wrong? Since the source file is MP3, it has to be decoded to something a receiver understands, in this case PCM. So the Squeezebox receiver would take the MP3 -> decode to PCM -> send this stream out to the receiver via optical. Does this process not involve the DAC? I would think so?
got my new Duet on Friday. It's working fine but now I have some questions that are not answered in detail in any thread it seems.
1. I connected the receiver to my LAN with a cable. I looked at my DHCP server. It seems it gave out one IP address to the receiver and one to the controller. How to set fixed IP's for both devices? The documentation is wrong. I disabled the DHCP, made a factory reset - the I got NO connection and was never asked about entering the IP info manually. There is some alpha perl addon but it's only downloadable via CVS, and I don't want to do this.
2. I checked my network with my laptop. The Squeezebox receiver appears as a WEP encrypted access point in my network neighbourhood.
This seems to be a security risk?
What if someone cracks the receiver - will the person not have complete access to my network?
What is the WEP password?
Or is my thinking wrong and the receiver only talks to the Duet remote?
How is this ensured?
What if someone nearby has another duet controller and starts messing with my setup?
3. The database files are in "Documents and Setting". This is really bad, I would like to move ALL squeezebox files into one location on another drive. I did read some forum threads but it seems to be a hassle and not that practical. Also, not all files could be moved with a workaround. I would like to see a option during install where to put the cache and database files.
4. Question about the sound connection: I use the SPDIF optical connection. It has been claimed in other threads that this bypasses the very good DAC in the receiver. I think this might be wrong? Since the source file is MP3, it has to be decoded to something a receiver understands, in this case PCM. So the Squeezebox receiver would take the MP3 -> decode to PCM -> send this stream out to the receiver via optical. Does this process not involve the DAC? I would think so?
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