This is not my experience alone. There have been many threads on this subject and you are the first person I can remember who claims perfect performance using FLAC or WAV over the wireless interface. Admittedly, there might be others I don't remember.
Using a dedicated access point certainly helps, but is somewhat unrealistic for most people. A higher performance wireless technology (like 802.11g) would make more sense for most people. A wired SB has the advantage of full-duplex operation and dedicated bandwidth (assuming a switched networked). Neither of which is true for wireless 802.11b. While I will agree that 10Base-T provides adequate bandwidth, I'll maintain my disagreement that 802.11b also provides sufficient bandwidth. Larry On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:21:51 +0000, Robin Bowes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry Truesdale wrote: > > Your math is too simplistic. > > Deliberately so. > > > Typically, most 802.11b environments can > > sustain no more than 2-3 Mb/s. > > The peak bandwidth under ideal (and > > unusual) circumstances is 4-5 Mbps. > > I know this. That's why I have my wireless Squeezebox on a dedicated > access point, i.e. no other traffic on the wireless lan. > > Note that these figures also apply to the *wired* SB interface as it is > only 10BaseT (10Mb/s). > > > Also, your PCM estimate ignores > > the overhead of packetization. > > You mean to stream it over IP? I haven't looked at the detail of the > protocol used but I imagine the overhead will be small. > > > Are you sure that your setup isn't > > transcoding your FLAC files without you realizing it? > > Positive. I can also stream .wav files with no problems. > > The bottom line is that there is plenty enough bandwidth with 11b or > 10Base-T to stream raw PCM audio. > > I can't comment on your particular experiences, or why you've had > problems. Perhaps you'd care to describe your setup and what sort of > problems you've had? > > R. > > -- > http://robinbowes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > -- Larry Truesdale [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
