How do I set up my player so that it is detected by windows xp? i know very little about networking or TCP/IP settings and all that sort of stuff, so please give me lots of help here. i am not sure where to start. i want emplode to detect my player via the ethernet connection. thanks

1. Get a network card and put it in while your computer is shut off.
2. Turn on your computer and XP should have a driver for it, or install the driver from the disk it came with.
3. If you already have one installed, great.
4. Get a network CAT5 crossover cable, or make one if you have the capability, plug it into the computer and into the empeg.
5. Power up the empeg, open emplode, hit options and select "network broadcast", hit OK.
6. It should find your player and now your on your way.

don't you need to add configure networking on player with emplode somewhere in there

ya, that's really my question. what do i do with the addressing. i already have all those things. i already made a direct connection, and when i started emplod, it didn't detect the ethernet connection

Use DHCP in the emplode menu. I never had to do anything to the settings on my "network neighborhood".

If you're using a crossover to your PC, Windows XP will not act as a DHCP server. This still may work though.

If XP cannot get an IP from a DHCP server, your computer may be assigned a generic "public" IP. I think these usually start with 64.XXX.XXX.X. This may be the behavior on the Empeg side as well.

With all these uncertainties, it would be much better to assign your computer and Empeg an IP. Once your network card is installed, go into its properties and then bring up the properties for "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)". You will need to give your machine an IP address. Use 192.168.0.2. WindowsXP should automatically fill in the Subnet Mask. If not, use 255.255.255.0. See the example below:


In the network properties for the Empeg... Give it an IP of 192.168.0.3 (different than computer) and Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 (same as computer). Then, sync the Empeg to save changes. IP and Subnet Mask are the only parameters you need to allow these two devices to talk to each other. Ignore all other fields such as Gateway and DNS servers.

EDIT: You will need a crossover cable to go from your computer to the Empeg. This is an example of a crossover from CompUSA. It is only $3.42, so it is very inexpensive. There are two standard wiring schemes of Cat5 network cable. You must make sure that you get a crossover cable (not straight).

did you set the ip address and subnet mask on the player through emplode ?
connect to the player with serial or usb then in emplode under file -> configure player -> networking you can put in your ip and subnet.

Windows XP does support uPnP, so it will work as long as the player is running 2.0 software with no configuration changes on either side (assuming uPnP was not disabled on XP due to that recent security hole).

If the player is still running 1.03 or lower, it won't support uPnP, and the manual IP configuration discussed elsewhere in this thread will be necessary. To make it easier, set the empeg IP to 169.254.5.5 and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. Again, due to the uPnP code in XP, this will allow the computer to see the empeg.