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My setup:
Windows 2000 Pro
PC (192.168.1.2) --> Ethernet router (192.168.1.1) --> Netgear HomePNA 2 bridge --> Dell Digital Audio Receiver.
TCP/IP and NetBeui installed for the Ethernet card in my PC.
Music has been imported into the server software for the Dell Digital Audio Receiver. (It was 900+ files so I tried just 1 subdirectory too.) My firewall software has been disabled.
When I turn on the DDAR, it initializes fine, and my Audio Receiver Manager software sees it fine. Ie. A successful initialization is supposed to mean it is working correctly. My router is configured to assign DHCP addresses from 192.168.1.100 on, so the DDAR gets assigned 192.168.1.100. Then it searches for music, but only once has it ever found it - with a blue tray icon. Played fine, until I picked a second song, then it hung on the timer icon. Every other time, the tray icon remains red, even though the software sees the DDAR. The link light for the DDAR is on (whether I use Ethernet or HomePNA). I can even ping the DDAR from my main computer no problem but for some reason actual music playback just doesn't work.
I tried using a direct Ethernet connection. Exact same problem.
I tried using a different IP (192.168.0.10, as recommended by their instructions). It didn't even initialize properly.
What gives?
By the way, my PC and laptop do not see each other using TCP/IP alone. I am forced to use either NetBeui or else the Novell stuff to make the things see each other. Is it the same problem with the laptop that I'm having with the DDAR? Interestingly, from my laptop I can ping my desktop fine as well, but again I can't share the files. (File shares are active, and at the moment, TCP/IP, NetBeui, and the Novell stuff are installed.)
Windows 2000 Pro
PC (192.168.1.2) --> Ethernet router (192.168.1.1) --> Netgear HomePNA 2 bridge --> Dell Digital Audio Receiver.
TCP/IP and NetBeui installed for the Ethernet card in my PC.
Music has been imported into the server software for the Dell Digital Audio Receiver. (It was 900+ files so I tried just 1 subdirectory too.) My firewall software has been disabled.
When I turn on the DDAR, it initializes fine, and my Audio Receiver Manager software sees it fine. Ie. A successful initialization is supposed to mean it is working correctly. My router is configured to assign DHCP addresses from 192.168.1.100 on, so the DDAR gets assigned 192.168.1.100. Then it searches for music, but only once has it ever found it - with a blue tray icon. Played fine, until I picked a second song, then it hung on the timer icon. Every other time, the tray icon remains red, even though the software sees the DDAR. The link light for the DDAR is on (whether I use Ethernet or HomePNA). I can even ping the DDAR from my main computer no problem but for some reason actual music playback just doesn't work.
I tried using a direct Ethernet connection. Exact same problem.
I tried using a different IP (192.168.0.10, as recommended by their instructions). It didn't even initialize properly.
What gives?
By the way, my PC and laptop do not see each other using TCP/IP alone. I am forced to use either NetBeui or else the Novell stuff to make the things see each other. Is it the same problem with the laptop that I'm having with the DDAR? Interestingly, from my laptop I can ping my desktop fine as well, but again I can't share the files. (File shares are active, and at the moment, TCP/IP, NetBeui, and the Novell stuff are installed.)
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