From 844588c7b98db65fc4c8050bae3184a747822092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xengineering Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:12:34 +0200 Subject: 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. --- doc/documentation.tex | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2