Rave HD On LAN

[Ramona Howard]

Loud and clear 🙂

It’s pretty straight forward because RaveHD has all of the benefits of a Linux system. Some of this I will leave out (for security) and can be found in either the manual or one of the support staff (they have been scheduled to call)

Here’s all the standard stuff for Linux networking. Call if you get stuck.

Cheers,
Ramona

Setting up the Network
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1. Log into the box as “root”. The default password is _______
2. Run the program “netconfig”
3. You will be prompted to enter a hostname. If you don’t know what to enter, use “ravehd”
4. You will then be prompted to enter a domain. If you don’t know what to enter, use “spectsoft.local”
5. You will then be prompted to enter the network type (static or DHCP). More than likely, you would use DHCP.

Using a DHCP network:
6. You will then be prompted to enter a DHCP hostname, if your network admin assigned on enter it here. If not, just leave it blank.
7. It will then ask you to confirm everything is set correctly.

Using a static network:
6. You will then be prompted to enter the IP address for the machine.
7. You will then be prompted to enter the subnet mask for the IP address.
8. You will then be prompted to enter the gateway address.
9. You will then be asked if you use a nameserver. If you enter yes, you will be asked to enter the address of the nameserver.
10. You will then be asked to confirm and accept all of the settings. If they are correct hit accept.

Now that the network is setup, you will now be able to start the network. To start the network, type:
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart

Once you have restarted the network, you can double check the settings by typing:
ifconfig

NFS and Samba Mounts
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By default NFS is enabled and has read/write priviliges for everyone.  The mount points are as follows:

/video/v1 – for the first video array
/video/v2 – for the second video array

For Samba, by default it is disabled.  Here’s what to do to enable it:

At a root console, type the following:
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.samba
/etc/rc.d/rc.samba start

This will enable samba on bootup as well as start it now.

You should now see a “video” export under Samba.

Configuring the IP address for Rave
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1.  Start a console (Under K->System->Terminal Program)

2. If you aren’t already logged in as the root user, type “su”.  You will then be prompted for the root user password.  The default password is __________

3.  Run the network configuration program, netconfig, to set the system’s network parameters.

4.  Now restart the network subsystem with the following command:..
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart

5.  You can now check your network settings by typing: ifconfig

NOTE:  You will need to restart the rave daemon after changing the network configuration.