From 9f70adb1d1812cf4368f3a38ebf83eff9e797a4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien BLACHE Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:27:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document IPv6 requirement for AirTunes streaming Thanks to Avahi returning unusable IPv4 link-local addresses most of the time, IPv4 streaming is mostly impossible. So here goes. --- README | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index d722ec39..80ba7541 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ devices that are password-protected, the device's AirTunes name and password must be given in the configuration file. See the sample configuration file for the syntax. +You should enable IPv6 on the host machine and the AirTunes devices for AirTunes +to work properly. You do not need to do any configuration on the host machine, +as link-local communication is all that's needed. Unfortunately, IPv4 link-local +mostly does (can) not work and Avahi returns IPv4 link-local addresses more +often than not when discovering AirTunes devices. Any device discovered with +only an IPv4 link-local address will be ignored as it cannot work anyway. + Local audio output ------------------