I can ping the empeg with the IP address I gave it(169.254.1.57). But Emplode won't find it.

Is that a public internet number or is it private to your local LAN?

Is it on the same subnet as all the other machines on your local LAN? (i.e., your other machines are 169.254.1.XXX)? If so, is your subnet mask set to 255.255.255.0?

Does that IP address conflict with another IP address on the network? In other words, if you unplug the Empeg, can you till ping 169.254.1.57 and get a reply from somebody?

Did you really assign the IP address to the Empeg itself, or did you just tell Emplode to look for it at that location (isn't there such a setting in Emplode)?

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Tony Fabris