Mark Lanctot;226313 Wrote: > Ah but it doesn't go direct - from the laptop, it goes to your access > point and then from your AP to your Squeezebox = 2 hops. > > Glad to see it's improved but it's still marginal and could drop out > again based on new interference or new networks. You should really > wire at least one leg.
Yes Mark I agree with you, it does not go direct from the laptop to the SB3 but via the router and hence 2 hops as you write. The best solution would be to RJ45 the entire setup; but that defeats the point of using WiFi and annoys Ladies and makes for clutter. I would not say that it was marginal at all after changing channels (from 6 to 1 at whatever freqencies they are, could have a look; I think a previous guy's idea of having a tunable solution is good) the difference was as near to perfect at least as one could expect with the SB3. I still find it curious that at the beginning of tracks for the first 10 secs all was 'perfect' and then it dropped out or was very stuttered etc afterwards = unlistenable. I presume the 'play' from the slimserver issues the command to send from the laptop or remote to laptop, picked up by the router, sent to the SB3, buffered for circa 5 - 12 secs then other 'things' interefere e.g., computer firewall or virus update i.e., constant polling by the laptop / router. But that would happen on any channel that is allocated. So it must be other persons or machines using that particular frequency. But it was most curious that I was in a building of 9 flats in Germany and could not, as I wrote, detect any other WiFi around - using the windows 'snifffer'. Also as I wrote and as Sean mentioned with the sq..network all was fine on any channel. (Thinking out loud) which kind of reinforces your idea of 2 hops which would imply that the best scenario is to hardwire the computer to the router and let it drift over the ether. Can't say I understand; the same when I always get a 44 Mhz ambient frequency in my rooms doubling to 100 ish when a mobile phone, operating in the gig range and I use a 5 gig meter, is turned on. Anon Best Ivan -- IvanSlade ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IvanSlade's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12094 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36764 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
