From: Mike Brady <4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:07:16 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Update CAR INSTALL.md X-Git-Tag: 4.1-rc1~24^2~25^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0e77c117b8d6fa52d27553bda8426b87c39637df;p=thirdparty%2Fshairport-sync.git Update CAR INSTALL.md --- diff --git a/CAR INSTALL.md b/CAR INSTALL.md index 19bd8acc..165a7823 100644 --- a/CAR INSTALL.md +++ b/CAR INSTALL.md @@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ If your car audio has an AUX input, you can get AirPlay in your car using Shairp ## The Basic Idea -The basic idea is to use a small Linux computer to create an isolated WiFi network for the car and to run Shairport Sync on it to provide an AirPlay service. The audio goes via a DAC to the AUX input of your car audio system. - -The car WiFi network you create is isolated and local to your car, and since it isn't connected to the Internet, you don't really need to secure it with a password. - -When an iPhone or an iPad with cellular capability is connected to an isolated WiFi network, it can use its cellular connection to access the Internet. -This means it can connect to internet radio, YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, etc. over the cellular network and play the audio through the car network to the AirPlay service provided by Shairport Sync. +The basic idea is to use a small Linux computer to create an isolated WiFi network (a "car network") and run Shairport Sync on the car network to provide an AirPlay service. An iPhone or an iPad with cellular capability can simultaneously connect to internet radio, YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, etc. over the cellular network and send AirPlay audio through the car network to the AirPlay service provided by Shairport Sync. This sends the audio to the computer's DAC which is connected to the AUX input of your car audio. Note that Android devices can not, so far, do this trick of using the two networks simultaneously. @@ -143,6 +138,8 @@ ieee80211n=1 wmm_enabled=1 ``` +Note that, since car network is isolated from the Internet, you don't really need to secure it with a password. + #### Configure DHCP server First, replace the contents of `/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf` with this: