[Empeg-general] TCP/IP for busy people

[peter@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org]

On the PC you need a different address with the same network: to add to your example

empeg: address 192.192.192.1, netmask 255.255.255.0, DHCP off

PC: address 192.192.192.2, netmask 255.255.255.0

For a simple setup such as this, you don't need to bother setting a gateway address. (The gateway would be the PC the empeg used to talk to other networks, beyond the one it's plugged into.)

You also need to take a bit of care over the connection. You can't connect two Ethernet hosts (e.g. empeg and PC) together with a normal Ethernet cable -- the plugs fit, it just won't work. Normal cables only work from a host to an Ethernet hub. Your choices are either (a) get a "cross-over" cable, which is capable of connecting two hosts directly, or (b) get a hub. Hubs cost less than twenty quid these days.

Once you've got all that sorted out, an Ethernet connection to your empeg should appear in emplode's "choose an empeg" window.

        Peter