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Connecting your SSP to a network (ethernet and wifi!)

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#1

I’ve added details on the community wiki, on how to connect your SSP to your network using ethernet or wifi !

direct link here: Networking Guide

(on the community wiki, you can find it under ‘tips n’ tricks’)

Notes:

  • this is for the LATEST release only… which has much improved networking abilities :slight_smile:
    (also things have changed a bit, so ignore previous topics on this subject)
  • most users do not need to have a network connection to the SSP.
    however, it’s very useful copying files around, or changing seutps - and is particularly useful for developers.
  • in Live performance scenarios Id advise against network connection - particularly wifi!
    it can cause audio glitches.
    in practice, I’ve never had any, so its kind of a disclaimer, you have been warned :wink:
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What WiFi dongle do you use?
#2

I used this guide to connect to my wifi network. I made 2 small changes to the document. Thanks so much for the guide!!

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#3

cool , are you sure it has to be in left USB port, I thought… when I tried, either would work.
pretty sure this is the case with the ethernet dongle too…

I know in the previous firmware only ONE work, but its a little less fussy now in my experience.

that said, I think I did notice it not working if wifi dongle was plugged in during boot, only after … or something like that?

Id like to update the wiki to be accurate though, i.e. only list things that are proven.
(perhaps as ‘known issues’)

#4

My edit was based on the information in the quick start manual:

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#5

Yeah, as I thought (just tested) - that’s not applicable any more - new firmware → new kernel build, new features :wink: … dongles (wifi and ethernet) work in either usb a port.

I’ll point this out in the wiki… (edit: done)

it’s always worth re-testing things with the new image, as its a very different beast for the original image.

edit: one consideration perhaps… but unlikely to be an issue is… full speed usb = 12Mbps, hi-speed = 480mbps, so (esp. with an ethernet dongle) you might be bandwidth limited.

of course, depends on your use-case - if you also connect an usb drive/sd card reader, you might prefer that to have the higher bandwidth :wink:

again, I’ve added this information to wiki… more information is the way forward, so users can choose whats best of them.

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#6

If wifi is configured but unavailable, will the Percussa boot up, or will it hang?

#7

it’ll boot fine… or at least does for me.

I have it configured, but generally the wi-fi dongle is not plugged in, and had no issues.

(I also do the same with my ethernet dongle, which similarly has no issues)

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