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authorxengineering <me@xengineering.eu>2024-09-28 21:57:44 +0200
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doc: Explain how to get the IPv6 address of a device
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@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ In addition to \autoref{chap:introduction} `\nameref{chap:introduction}` the
following sections document everything required to use \texttt{soundbox}
devices.
+\section{Getting the IP address}
+
+Each soundbox device has a label with the MAC address of the device in a format
+like \texttt{xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx}.
+
+It can be converted to an IPv6 link-local address starting with
+\texttt{fe80::}. This online
+tool\footnote{\href{https://ben.akrin.com/mac-address-to-ipv6-link-local-address-online-converter/}{https://ben.akrin.com/mac-address-to-ipv6-link-local-address-online-converter/}}
+is a convenient way to do that.
+
\section{Playing audio} \label{playing-audio}
Audio can be streamed to \texttt{soundbox} devices with the \texttt{ffmpeg}