> As some may recall from previous posts, I have always been > able to stream PCM to my wireless SB1 with no problems. > However, it seems that this was largely because the SB was > only a few feet from the WAP.> > I have since moved house and, currently my SB is at the other > end of the house to the WAP with signal strength betweem 20% and 50%. > Guess what? I get dropouts when playing back flac files! > So, it seems that signal strength needs to be at a certain > level in order for flac playback to be flawless.
I too used to have a pretty flawless set up with only very occasional drop outs. I had my file server and Slimserver machine wired to my adsl/router/firewall/hub and streamed wirelessly to my Squeezebox. Tested signal strengths varied from 50% to 75%. 75% was definitely better than 50%! However, now I too have moved and cannot manage any wired connections so the file server, slimserver and Squeezebox are all independantly and wirelessly connected to my adsl/router/firewall/hub. Signal strength in all cases is above 70% (and the Squeezebox is 90%) but I get quite a few drop outs now (one every 20 or 30 minutes or so, lasting for quite a few seconds at a time). I have moved the wireless network from channel 11 to channel 13 to achieve this level of drop outs, on any other channel it's considerably worse. :-(. This on XP. Of course the drop outs may be due more to the interference in this tiny village... I can see three other wireless networks via Netstumbler (none on channel 13 though)... whereas in the Wired City (Brighton UK) there were none nearby. Simon Turner Barcombe UK _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
