Squeezelite client with MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00

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Hi,

sometimes after rebooting RoPieee it is shown as a new Squeezelite client with MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00. I experienced this with other operating systems in the past and it seems to happen if Squeezelite starts before the network connection is ready. A fix could be to pass the MAC address to Squeezelite with the -m parameter. It‘s annoying when this happens because as a new player all player settings like alarms etc. are not applied.

References:
https://plugins.slimdevices.narkive.com/H1GPgPCp/slimdevices-squeezelite-on-raspberrypi-zero-mac-address-for-multiple-players-server-screws-up

https://forums.slimdevices.com/forum/user-forums/linux-unix/112052-pcp-player-shows-no-mac-address-in-lms

BR
Michael

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This cannot happen: Squeezelite is started only after the network connection is up.

How does your setup look like? Wired or wireless?

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It‘s three Pi 4 - all wireless. I switched from a custom installation to Ropieee and this morning the issue appeared after rebooting all Pis.

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Can you send me feedback of one of those units when it happens?

And it is still very strange: mac addresses of interface(s) are there, even if the connection is not setup. Unless the software uses a rather primitive way of fetching the mac address…

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I‘ll update here of it happens again. Thank you!

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Hi @MichaelS ,

Small update: I’ve implemented the ‘-m’ switch, it will be delivered in the next release.

Thanks

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