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User 143004 · 2013-06-15, 08:26

Ever since I assigned a static IP to my XBMCbuntu installation it does no longer show as an Airplay target on my iPad. The avahi-daemon is running, I've checked and restarted it as well. The HTPC can access the internet fine. What am I missing?

**Kib** · 2013-06-15, 09:24

You are missing: details so we can actually do something with this.

What is the IP address / netmask / gateway for the XBMC machine, and what is the ip address / netmask / gateway for the iPad ?
What way did you use to add a static IP? How did you configure DNS ?

User 143004 · 2013-06-17, 22:03

XBMC
ip 192.168.1.50
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns (google opendns)

iPad
ip (assigned by dhcp)
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns (by dhcp)

IP made static using these instructions: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW..._static_IP
Today Airplay spontaneously started working again. That means it can spontaneously stop working again as well. Puzzled.

**Kib** · 2013-06-17, 22:42

I would try setting the DNS the same.

**Memphiz** · 2013-06-18, 10:37

That won't do anything important to zeroconf/bonjour. Its as always something with multicast routing/bridging ...

mayoman · 2013-06-18, 22:37

(2013-06-18, 10:37)Memphiz Wrote: Its as always something with multicast routing/bridging ...

As a general rule it is always better (if possible) to use your router(gateway) to fix your IP address (map the MAC address to IP). In that way your fixed IP never drops off the gateway's routing table.

**Memphiz** · 2013-06-19, 11:42

+1 on that. But i ment using the same dns won't help Wink