MP101 and Ubuntu Gusty

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umrkzappa
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MP101 and Ubuntu Gusty

Post by umrkzappa » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:31 pm

Can anyone help. I have two MP101's connected over wireless to a linux machine (Ubuntu Gusty) running TwonkyMedia (latest version 4.4.3). I cannot get the devices to work without locking up in some way.

Symptoms:
- If I run clients as "Netgear MP101" then after part of a song the MP101 will stop and skip to the next song.
- If I run as Netgear MP101 RTP then after two songs the TwonkyMedia server runs at 100% CPU and then the MP101 stops.
- The wireless signal is excellent for both devices yet if I run a dedicated wire to the boxes then they work better but I need to run them wirelessly for layout reasons.

Note: this used to work more reliably when I ran Ubuntu dapper and TwonkyMusic 2.x but this did not support my XBox for photos and video, hence the upgrade and problems...

I have tried:
- different routers and wireless access points (linksys, netgear, BT HomeHub)
- opening up multicast ports 224.0.0.0
- opening iptables to allow MP101's to send to any port
- upgrading to the latest MP101 firmware including the unofficial beta off the yahoo netgear support form
- done the MP101 hardware modifications (soldering extra capacitors into the device)

Has anyone any extra ideas.

Many thanks in anticipation of a solution.... :D

warti
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Re: MP101 and Ubuntu Gusty

Post by warti » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:51 pm

Hello,

I had similar symptoms:
- "Netgear MP101" after part of a song the MP101 stops, pauses and skips to the next song.
- "Netgear MP101 RTP" starts immediately stuttering

I'm using linux <debian etch> as a server. MP101 is connected hard wired via two ordinary switches.

It seems that I get it fixed for me (at least one CD runs through w/o problems *touch wood*)
I added the following line to the /etc/init.d/twonkyserver start script:

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/sbin/route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0
I took this line from my former NSLU installation.

HTH
Werner

PS: Can You send me the newest MP101 beta firmware 1.4.7 via pm

umrkzappa
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Re: MP101 and Ubuntu Gusty

Post by umrkzappa » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:28 pm

Thanks for the suggestion but I tried the fix and it has not changed the situation.

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