Yamaha MCX-2000 setup guide Managing an Existing MusicCAST Network, Checking the Network Status

Managing an Existing MusicCAST Network

Network activities, such as streaming music to clients over a MusicCAST network or editing the music archive using a computer in a PC network, are very essential part of how you can use the MCX-2000 in your daily life. This section explains the MCX-2000 networking on the system side. Read this section when you want to know how to check the networking status of the MCX-2000 and each client and how to initialize network parameters for troubleshooting.

Checking the Network Status

You can use the Client Control screen to check the current status of each client, streamed music and MusicCAST networking. In addition to this, you can use the Status View screens to check basic network connections and the accurate IP address currently assigned to the MCX-2000.

1Select Top Menu > Setup > Network > Status View.

Wireless LAN

In this screen, you can confirm the networking status of each client in your MusicCAST network. Wireless clients might have a value of communication quality, signal level or bit rate (data rate; 11 Mbps at maximum) lower than shown above, because of how and where you placed clients. But, you don’t need to care about each value unless you experience a problem such as interrupted playback of streamed music. If a wired client is shown with a ‘disconnected’ wired icon, you need to check its network cable. In each case, you should double-check the client status in the client list screen (page 87).

2Select each item to see relevant information.

Server IP Address

In this screen, you can confirm the current MCX-2000 IP address, subnet mask, gateway address and referent DNS servers (primary and secondary) that have been determined by the Setting Method (page 37) and other network parameter values (specified automatically or manually). When you want to access the MCX-2000 from a computer in your PC network, specify the IP address shown in this screen.

Initializing Network Settings

You don’t need to change network parameters configured using Easy Setup (page 27) as long as the MCX-2000 and your MusicCAST network are working properly. You may, however, need to change the current network configurations of the MCX-2000 and clients if you move to a new house and change your network environment accordingly, or if you have reconfigured a PC network that the MCX-2000 is connected to. In such cases, you may want to initialize the MCX-2000 network parameters rather than manually edit each of them, and reconfigure the music server along with your MusicCAST network.

nAs long as you have automatically configured your MusicCAST network, reconfiguration of your PC network normally doesn’t affect the MCX-2000 network connectivity, such as the MCX-2000 Internet access or PC accessibility to the MCX-2000. Most problems caused by network reconfiguration may occur if you have configured your MusicCAST network manually. In addition, you can add MusicCAST clients without changing MCX-2000 network parameters. New clients are easily registered to the MCX-2000 through Auto Configuration (page 31) and can immediately start playing streamed music via an existing MusicCAST network.

1Select Top Menu > Setup > Network > Advanced Settings > Network Settings Reset.

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