Control point unable to access minimserver on PC

[kendalltob]

(28-12-2016 21:37)DavidHB Wrote:  

(28-12-2016 15:07)kendalltob Wrote:  I have already said that Kazoo on the PC can see MinimServer, and it works fine. MinimServer shows up in Windows Explorer as a Media Server. My network router can see my PC. There seems to be a configuration issue that does not allow my control point to see the MinimServer on the PC.

Ah. When you said that 'Kazoo on the PC can access my library on the WD NAS', you meant that Kazoo could see MinimServer? I am afraid that was not clear to me.

The 'configuration issue' is most likely (on the basis of previously reported problems and the behaviour of the system as you described it) to be related to network discovery, and specifically the feature known as 'multicast', where a device sends out messages advertising its presence on the network so that other devices can connect to it. Like all network protocols, multicast is controlled by your router. Routers have settings intended to prevent devices from flooding the network with multicast messages, but these controls are sometimes clumsily implemented. DLNA/UpnP devices seem to be particularly vulnerable to heavy-handed control of multicast.

I do not know which router you are using, and all routers seem to have their own particular way of controlling multicast, so I cannot make specific suggestions as to what settings you should change. However, if your router has a setting called 'IGMP snooping' (not a term one would immediately associate with 'multicast'), it is probably a good idea to turn that setting off. Also, with some routers, there are separate multicast settings for the wired and wireless sections of the network, so that is something you may wish to look out for as you review your router configuration.

David

I have a Linksys Router WRT-1900ACS. It is a high end router but there is no reference to IGMP or even multicast in the manual. I tried hooking up a laptop to the network. Although it could see my host PC (with MinimServer on it), there was no appearance of MinimServer under Media Devices in the laptop's Windows Explorer. I tried enabling DLNA on the PC with no effect. I have a feeling that something needs to be changed in Windows or in MinimServer.