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

[Giovanni Santini]

Il 05/06/2017 23:11, Mike Cloaked via arch-general ha scritto:
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:12 PM, ITwrx.org <info at itwrx.org> wrote:
>> 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?
> 

Good morning,
Thanks to everyone for your support.
Seems the problem was different, as my router started acting really weird.
I just replaced it and MiniDLNA 'n stuff work flawlessly.
So, always replace defective routers. :P
Thanks again.

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