[arch-general] ReadyDLNA/MiniDLNA doesn't work behind wireless

[Mike Cloaked]

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:12 PM, ITwrx.org <info at itwrx.org> wrote:

>
> > ---
> > No idea why MiniDLNA does not check the port.
> i just installed minidlna and got it working from vlc over wireless. it
> didn't work at first. "systemctl status minindlna" showed that it wasn't
> able to identify the network interface i provided. i have no idea
> why(old method in minidlna?). i commented that line in config back out
> and made sure minidlna could read my testing media directory and it
> worked at that point. i used nmap -sS -sU -T4 -A -v 192.168.1.1 to see
> if port 8200 was open. it was.
>
> so, if "systemctl status minidlna" or "journalctl -b" shows no problems
> for minidlna then maybe test with nmap from both wired and wireless and
> see if there is a difference. If there is, then you have network config
> issue. the arch wiki page for minidlna has a section about wireless in
> the troubleshooting section i notice.
>

Although I don't run minidlna over the wireless interface on the server I
use, and only use the wired interface, I presume that the key here may be
as you suggest that the lines in /etc/minidlna.conf near the start of the
file that are relevant, which in my case are:

 # port for HTTP (descriptions, SOAP, media transfer) traffic
port=8200

# network interfaces to serve, comma delimited
#network_interface=eth0
network_interface=eth0

would need to include the correctly specified interface(s) for the server
running minidlna for the OP. I wonder what the latter line actually is for
that file in the problem machine?

-- 
mike c