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| author | xengineering <me@xengineering.eu> | 2024-09-28 21:12:34 +0200 |
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| committer | xengineering <me@xengineering.eu> | 2024-09-28 21:49:08 +0200 |
| commit | 844588c7b98db65fc4c8050bae3184a747822092 (patch) | |
| tree | 69d14917f6defef2ef6598bf196c9ac95e219993 | |
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doc: Add instructions to note down MAC address
The MAC address is required to compute the IPv6 link-local address of
the device used for streaming audio.
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diff --git a/doc/documentation.tex b/doc/documentation.tex index 3d4aa6b..a912235 100644 --- a/doc/documentation.tex +++ b/doc/documentation.tex @@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ echo 'iface wlan0 inet6 auto' >> /etc/network/interfaces The change will take effect after the final reboot. +\subsection{Retrieve MAC address}\label{retrieve-mac} + +To be able to connect to the device in a reliable and simple way using IPv6 the +MAC address of the \texttt{wlan0} interface has to be retrieved and noted down. + +\begin{verbatim} +ip link show wlan0 # MAC address right after 'link/ether' +\end{verbatim} + +This MAC address can be converted to the corresponding IPv6 link-local address +used for streaming audio to \texttt{soundbox}. + \subsection{Package installation} soundbox requires packages from the Alpine Linux community package repository. |