DeVerm wrote: > How can you say that Phil? A streaming redbook WAV takes 1.35 Mbps; if > it's encoded to flac it will be less than 1 Mbps. The wifi link can > handle 54 Mbps
No, the theoretical max speed of 802.11g is 54mbs (small b, bits, not bytes which is usually but not always B) RedBook audio is = 1,411,200 bits/second = 176,400 bytes/second = 172 Kbytes/second With flac, you may only need half that. Realistically, you get no more than a quarter of rated speed, point to point, best case. One tenth is more realistic if there is any interference, such as microwave ovens, bluetooth, zigbee, neighbors using WiFi, etc. So if you use one tenth 802.11g, you have 5.4mbs really. Which is only about four full speed PCM data streams. If you run WiFi from the SqueezeCenter to the router/hub, and from the router/hub to your SqueezeBox, Duet, Transporter, etc. then you are already using two hops. And your two hops are causing contention on the CSMA/CD channel. So the prudent rule of thumb is to hard wire your server with SqueezeCenter to your WiFi router, and use the WiFi only to deliver one hop to your Duet/TP/etc. So put your music library on an old PC, stick it in the basement, run Cat6 wire to your Router and listen to music. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
