UNITI network setting

Posted by: JLD on 03 August 2010

Hi,
Well, this is probably not the good time to ask such technical question as the Naim team is probably under the coconuts...
But,

My main goal is to configure the Uniti's wireless connection with a static IP. (of course I already know all the needed parameters: Mask, gateway, DNS 1 and DNS 2)

1-To do this I've disable the DHCP service from the adsl box (also router)

2-After this I've set the "NO" option for the DHCP in the network settings in my Uniti.

But the Uniti always resets this last option to "YES" after proceeding to the restarting of the network.

To understand what happens, I've tried to disable the wireless network of my Uniti by selecting the "don't Use Wireless" option from the wireless item found in the network settings without any success.

Let me explain a little bit more:

I've shut down my adsl box and selected the option mentioned above.
The Uniti stop the network connection but immediately after the device try to reactivate it and I even can see a success message!

During the operation the Uniti wasn't connected by a standard wire (in the rear panel's network socket during the operation)

Finally I've reinitialized the machine to the factory settings (clear all settings + Mute button)and trying again the same process.

But even just after the reset of all settings the Uniti keeps my adsl box as wireless device.

In all cases I cannot get the correct needed status of the wireless network: "Not used".

Thanks in advance to any wifi Guru around here to help me to understand this.

Ps
I run the latest firmware
and of course I've set again the DHCP (and all) to have a my uniti working well.

Jean-Luc
Posted on: 24 August 2010 by Eloise
quote:
Originally posted by David Dever:
IIRC there is some arcane FCC rule about wireless (client) devices having a mandatory unique hardware address (not required for standard Ethernet) that would explain this.

Anyways, no need to get hung up on this as embedded devices serve different requirements than commodity PCs, where unique MAC addresses are crucial.

Okay that's very true David...

I can see the reasoning for it as you explain them.
Posted on: 24 August 2010 by JLD
quote:
Originally posted by Phil Harris:
Hi,

There should be absolutely no need to disable DHCP on your router - as has been said before you should ensure that any static IP addresses that you are setting on devices are *OUTSIDE* the DHCP range of your router and are not used by any other devices on your network (printers, PCs etc.).

If your router is set to 192.168.0.1 and its DHCP server is set to allocated addresses in the range of 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.90 then you should ensure that all your static addresses are in the range of 192.168.0.91 to 192.168.0.254 (.255 and .0 are "reserved" addresses and should not be used).

There should be no problems setting a static IP address on a Uniti whether on the wired or wireless interface - if it isn't letting you set a static address then are you sure you're not trying to set it to an address that is already in use elsewhere on your network?

Re-reading your original post though it looks like you're simply trying to connect your Uniti via the wired (rather than wireless) connection so I'm a bit unsure of exactly what the problem is - is it choosing which interface you want to use or is it setting an IP address? If it's the latter then do you *REALLY* need to set a static IP address as DHCP on the Uniti and Uniti Qute *DO* work properly and so you could just be causing yourself a whole raft of grief for no reason...

Cheers

Phil


Phil,

I will try to be as clever as possible...
Don't worry, this doesn't cause any headaches here...

Actually I run my uniti with a wireless network because I cannot install a wire correctly.
In few month I will go in a new flat actually in progress...
In this future situation I will can set all thing as I want.
That's why I will make a wire network for full quality.
(By the way it's also why I search a good nas solution and software control point.
see this discussion https://forums.naimaudio.com/ev...2903417/m/9842922437
Please let us know if you can give us an advice about this).

That said I have time now (holidays) to study how all these things work.

I know how set the uniti in both a wired and a wireless environment.
So this is NOT the point.

As my pro network (for my office) is set with static IP with a super stability I've simply looked how to set a static IP for the uniti.
That's the point!

Actually (as said before the DHCP on my home network is on the internet ADSL box.
The range is between 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.9O
That why I've tried to set the static IP for the uniti to 192.168.0.100 (so outside the range but between 192.168.0.91 and 192.168.0.254

There is only one other device on the network: my PC with two network cards (wifi and wired)
This device doesn't use the 192.168.0.100 adress.

So except if I've missed something all is set correctly.

But as described before when I disable DHPC client on uniti and enter IP(out of the DHPC range) Mask and DNS the uniti doesn't keep this configuration

The DHPC client remain in all cases...
That's why i simply cannot set a static IP for my uniti.

Is there a solution to do this for my uniti?

Thank you very much for your help.

JLD
Posted on: 24 August 2010 by jon h
quote:
Originally posted by David Dever:
vTuner-licensed listener-specific internet radio profiles (including user-added stations) are tied to a single MAC address at time of registration.

Physically speaking, it is the MAC address of the wireless card which provides the MAC address for the system, IIRC–the chipset simply determines whether it can connect directly to the network, and, if so, using the supplied MAC address.

There are other (embedded-platform) consumer electronics devices that use this single MAC address schema, which allows them to tie into MAC-authenticated authorization platforms without headaches for the end-user.


Ah, now *that* makes sense, yes