Static IP under linux

How do I set a static ip address under Linux? I cannot see anything obvious in emptool, can I logon to the empeg and edit a config file?

Andy.

How do I set a static ip address under Linux? I cannot see anything obvious in emptool, can I logon to the empeg and edit a config file?

From the emptool man page:

       config options name < name >
              Names  the  player. The player's name has no effect
              on its operation and is only really useful  if  you
              have several players plugged in at once, perhaps on
              a network. (In particular, there is no  attempt  to
              synchronise  the  name of a network player with its
              DNS name.)
 
       config network dhcp < 0 or 1 >
              For a network player, disables or enables automatic
              configuration of network details using DHCP. If you
              want to use the  player's  network  interface,  but
              don't  use  DHCP,  you must set both the IP address
              and network mask, see below.          

       config network ipaddress < address >
              For a network player, sets the IP  address  of  its
              network  interface.  The  address must be a numeric
              address such as 10.2.3.4, not a  hostname  such  as
              empegcar.myhouse.com.  This  option  is  ignored if
              DHCP is enabled.
 
       config network netmask < netmask >
              For a network player, sets the IP network  mask  of
              its network interface. The address must be given in
              numeric form. If you don't know your network  mask,
              use  255.0.0.0.  This  option is ignored if DHCP is
              enabled.
 
       config network gateway < gateway >
              In the unlikely event that you  want  your  network
              player to be accessible from beyond your local net-
              work, you should set the IP address of an IP  gate-
              way.  If not, you don't need to set a gateway. This
              option is ignored if DHCP is enabled.               

I haven't tried it, since my emptool refuses to connect to empeg via serial. I will poke around a bit using terminal to see whether it is possible to set IP parameters that way.

Cheers!


Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

The 'config' commands in emptool work well:

./emptool empeg-car
2000 Checking connection                                                 [Done]
2121 Downloading
2121 Starting download                                                   [Done]
2122 Retrieving tags index                                               [Done]
2123 Retrieving databases                                                [Done]
2124 Retrieving playlists                                                [Done]
/> config
2124 Retrieving playlists                                                [Done]
[menu]
quit=1
[network]
dhcp=0
ipaddress=192.168.2.3
netmask=255.255.255.252

ipaddress=192.168.2.3
netmask=255.255.255.252

Um, does that actually work? 192.168.2.3 is the subnet-directed broadcast address for that netmask (all subnet bits 1). Any packet you send to 192.168.2.3 will also be received by (say) 192.168.2.1 if that host's netmask is also set to 255.255.255.252.

Peter