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.
wireless doesn't work optimally all the time for everyone. In other news, computers are actually not very good general purpose information appliances, or "your electronic pal who's fun to be with".
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