Re: Amahi 7 beta 2 release!
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:13 pm
Hi,
It is not clear to me if this is the right place for some feedback, but here is mine.
I have just installed F18 with xfce on a Arctic MC001-N and then added Amahi 7. I had no major issue in following the installation instructions.
I have been surprised that Amahi disabled the firewall service. Is this the intended configuration?
I didn't want to immediately rely on this test version to provide dhcp and dns services. Getting the right configuration on the router and the hda sides proved more difficult than expected. Initially I tried to have the hda query the router DNS as communicated by DHCP, but it didn't work. The hda dns server has to be running for its own use.
I found it confusing to have dns related settings in several location on the dashboard (without even mentionning the fedora configuration application):
- a checkbox in Settings|Network|Settings
- a menu in Setup|Settings|Servers
Once connected my usb WD My Book 3Tb was immediately recognised, even with a GUID partition table. However, I was disappointed to have to manually modify /etc/fstab. It would have been so much more comfortable to instruct amahi to mount automatically selected partitions already visible on the dashboard Setup|Disks|Partitions.
I finally installed the Logitech Media Server from the communitysqueeze.org repo and haven't noted any negative interference.
It is not clear to me if this is the right place for some feedback, but here is mine.
I have just installed F18 with xfce on a Arctic MC001-N and then added Amahi 7. I had no major issue in following the installation instructions.
I have been surprised that Amahi disabled the firewall service. Is this the intended configuration?
I didn't want to immediately rely on this test version to provide dhcp and dns services. Getting the right configuration on the router and the hda sides proved more difficult than expected. Initially I tried to have the hda query the router DNS as communicated by DHCP, but it didn't work. The hda dns server has to be running for its own use.
I found it confusing to have dns related settings in several location on the dashboard (without even mentionning the fedora configuration application):
- a checkbox in Settings|Network|Settings
- a menu in Setup|Settings|Servers
Once connected my usb WD My Book 3Tb was immediately recognised, even with a GUID partition table. However, I was disappointed to have to manually modify /etc/fstab. It would have been so much more comfortable to instruct amahi to mount automatically selected partitions already visible on the dashboard Setup|Disks|Partitions.
I finally installed the Logitech Media Server from the communitysqueeze.org repo and haven't noted any negative interference.