[LAU] Hardware Soundcard - MOTU 624 AVB Working with Gnu/Linux - Debian 8.7

[Paul Davis]

there also seems to be some confusion ... there is no possibility to route
AVB via IP-over-USB on any platform, AFAIK.

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
wrote:

> What IP address do both units show from the main menu when you connect
> them together? What happens when you point a browser at either of those
> addresses?
>
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Anders Hellquist <lau at hellquist.net>
> wrote:
>
>> And that is where the problem starts.. I have two Ultralite AVBs and if I
>> link them together. I have no longer access to the web GUI unless I get
>> myself an AVB compliant switch for an extra 300usd. If I were running
>> Windows or OSX. I could just connect to my linked AVB devices thru the IP
>> over USB link the driver provides and set up streams between them and do
>> whatever I wanted but that is not possible when using Linux which I am. I
>> could keep a dedicated windows or OSX box connected to the other AVB device
>> just to be able to set things up but how convenient is that?
>>
>> Until I can set up AVB routes and configure stuff on my cards without the
>> extra cost of an AVB switch, this is for from perfect IMHO.
>>
>> /Anders
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2017 19:02, "Paul Davis" <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The web GUI works without issues.
>>>
>>> I specifically bought the AVB because I trusted IP-over-RJ45 (the
>>> Ultralite AVB has its own RJ45) more than IP-iver-USB, which would be true
>>> of (say) the Ultralite MK4.
>>>
>>> My impression was that either way, each device must end up with its own
>>> IP address, and you just point the browser at the one you want to talk to.
>>> I don't know much about how IP-over-USB works.
>>>
>>> Note that if you have two devices, you're probably better off linking
>>> them over AVB. I have the vague impression that they will show up as a
>>> single device in the web GUI (but I'm not really clear on that).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Anders Hellquist <lau at hellquist.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you get the local web GUI to work?
>>>>
>>>> If using Windows or Mac, you get local access to the web GUI trough USB
>>>> or thunderbolt.
>>>>
>>>> I have two devices and no switch and have no way to use the web GUI if
>>>> I connect both of them via Ethernet since my Linux laptop don't get the
>>>> "local host" type of link through USB.
>>>>
>>>> I think the MOTU line is really nice but this is a sort of a problem in
>>>> Linux for now.. or do I miss something?
>>>>
>>>> fre 21 juli 2017 kl. 01:57 skrev David <dplist at free.fr>:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:56:59 -0400
>>>>> Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > I predict that within 4-5 years, every external audio interface will
>>>>> > use MOTU's web configuration model. It is *so* great, not necessarily
>>>>> > in the sense of being the best possible UI for this, but because IT
>>>>> > JUST WORKS EVERYWHERE.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hallelujah !
>>>>>
>>>>> -- David
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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