I would like to report my very recent bad wireless experience and ask a question...
I just switched over from wired mode to wireless. I bought a Linksys WRT45G (v2.2, firmware 3.03.6) and used all the defaults. Using WEP 128-bit. DHCP addressing. Signal strength on the sbox a good 90%. No wireless phones in the house, and the microwave, when on, didn't seem to cause any problems. After a smooth hookup and looking like it was working fine, I immediately encountered the problem of spontaneous squeezebox reboots. I probably saw half-dozen reboots in the first two hours. I saw the problem where there were multiple back-to-back reboots, the reconnect countdown getting to 10 before stopping and rebooting again. Bummer. I read a lot of old threads about this problem, but I didn't see any sure-fire solutions. Was there a consensus on the cause/solution of this reboot problem? One thread seemed to indicate that static IP addressing helped, but another reported that that didn't solve it. What's the final upshot on this problem? I've now set the router to B-only and static addressing in the meantime, and it seemed to help, but I haven't ran it for that many hours yet. Thanks, RE > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roy Owen > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:45 AM > To: Slim Devices Discussion > Subject: Re: [slim] Good wireless experience > > > I too would like to report a good experience with wireless SB. I have > 2 wireless SB's (mind you they are on their own WAP) and have no > interference from microwave or 'phone. In fact both of my WAP's are > on the default channel 6. I do not stream lossless but I do stream > mps with no additional compression. I can now play my mp3's or > internet radio anywhere in my house. > > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:08:29 -0700, Daryle A. Tilroe > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I stream MP3, not lossless, which obviously greatly reduces > the bandwidth > > > requirements. The wireless performance of my Squeezebox > outperformed my > > > expectations. > > > > Yes, it should probably be clarified and emphasized to the > > newcomers and/or lurkers on the list that the debate over > > wireless performance and suitability applies only to streaming > > lossless PCM audio. If you stream (or convert and stream) MP3 > > the SB has proven to be quite robust. Virtually flawless in > > my experience. > > > > -- > > Daryle A. Tilroe > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, > for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
