No connectivity with rio receiver!

Posted by: bknowles

No connectivity with rio receiver! - 29/05/2005 00:45

I have just recently installed my rio receiver and can not get my computer to recognize it. I have reinstalled the software several times, (ver. 1.04). Checked all connections hooked it up several different ways and still NADA. The music note is still red. Here are my specs, hopefully someone can shine some light on the situation. I have it hooked through a dlink router di624, then to my computer running XP pro. No additional firewalls other than the one built into the router enabled. The rio keeps displaying this message
" info net:pnq ip:169.254.234.155 n:255.255.0.0 g:255.255.255.255 "
Posted by: Jerz

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 29/05/2005 09:20

What's your computer's ip address and where is it getting it from? Are you running dhcp on your router? If you are running dhcp on your router and the receiver is plugged into your router properly unplug the power to the receiver and plug it back in there is a green light on the back of the receiver that should stay lit and a yellow light that will flash with activity.

I wouldn't worry about the rio software until you get your dhcp issues resolved.
Posted by: bknowles

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 29/05/2005 19:43

I believe my computers ip address is 68.37.80.244 but it is a dynamic address. My routers address on the other hand is 192.168.0.1, I have dhcp enabled, the link light is green and the activity light is yellow.
Posted by: riocanada

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 29/05/2005 23:43

The 68.37.80.244 address looks like the IP address from your ISP.
Your computer should also have a local ip address which is assigned by your router. It should look something like 192.168.0.100

There is also an issue with Rios and Dells being difficult to start up when connected to a 100Mb switch (which is what your Dlink is)
Many people, myself includeded, have achieved better connectivity when connecting the receiver through a 10Mb hub which is then connected to your switch/router.
Posted by: YNaught

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 09/03/2006 02:41

I have a DLink DI-604 (I think) Router/Switch that is 10/100baseT autosensing. If I plug my Rios into this switch, they WILL NOT WORK, no link light. They work fine if and only if I plug them into my 10baseT hub, which is connected to the switch with an "uplink" cable.

So, check your link lights (both ends). Could be you could force the port on your switch to 10baseT, or you might even have a 10baseT hub you can try?
Posted by: Abe Degnan

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 02/01/2007 03:49

Wow, so short of using a crossover cable direcly to my PC (which defeats the pont of trying to stream music to a different room) or getting an old-technology 10baseT hub there is no way to get this to work wth an auto-switcing hub? No network settings or anything like that? This is really frustrating! i've had the unit for years and just never fully tested or used it because I reconfigured some stuff in my house... now i'd like to use this to stream music into my garage. I thought I was smart by running a cat-5 out there! Any further help is appreciated!!!! Thanks,
Posted by: Abe Degnan

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 02/01/2007 03:50

So Jerz-- what are you able to connect with? What cable & hub configuration? THanks!
Posted by: Roger

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 02/01/2007 07:43

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there is no way to get this to work wth an auto-switcing hub?


There's no way to get it working with some auto-switching hubs and switches. It usually works fine with Netgear stuff.
Posted by: Abe Degnan

Re: No connectivity with rio receiver! - 20/01/2007 17:35

Quote:

There's no way to get it working with some auto-switching hubs and switches. It usually works fine with Netgear stuff.


I have a D-link switch and a Netgear router with some open ports, so I'll try the Netgear instead. Thanks.