Hi all,

I am running a number of 951-2HnD devices as wireless APs connected to 3G/4G modems for remote areas.. I want to use the 100Mb available storage on the 951 to locally store a video file and have the WiFi user stream the video over the local network, rather than use the slower 3G and use more data use by streaming from my server.

Could anyone please advise if this is feasible or indeed if it is, HOW to do it... right now I can store a video file on the 951 no problem, but am unable to view it, play it, stream it.

Any comments gratefully received

Thanks

Daniel

Using anycast addressing (/32 in IPv4 or /128 in IPv6) you can accomplish this. You'll need a server to live at (or use NAT) and host this file. If the built in web server can serve your file you may be able to use that. Alternatives would be the virtual router virtualization feature or attach a small system on a chip at each location.

The end user would access the anycast address and be served by the server nearest to then which is determined by the presence of the anycast address in the routing table.

If a virtual server or SoC is used I'd recommend running BIRD and advertising the anycast prefix right from itself. That way if it fails the user will fail over to the next closest server (by routing).

Thanks for replying, but I think you missed my point. I want to serve the video from the 951-2HnD directly.

I have now found a solution, by simply placing the video in the /hotspot/ directory users are able to access it and play it using the local 10.5.50.0 network

Thanks

Daniel

No worries, I have yet to use "hotspot" at all so I was otherwise unaware of that feature. I suppose as long as you use the same IP addressing for all of your hotspots it must be easy enough to point them to the appropriate video.