Hi folks. I thought I would report back our results after trying the Netgear powerline equipment we already had. It works, but it wasn't without some struggles.
The kit I had came with 1 ethernet bridge (wired to router) and 1 wireless range extender. At some point I had bought another Ethernet bridge. Originally we planned to use the wireless range extender out in the shed so he could use his laptop out there, but upon plugging it in we discovered it was completely dead (power light didn't come on). So plan b was to use the other Ethernet bridge on the shed side. That worked in our initial test just plugging the house one into the most convenient place for a test. But that was with an Ethernet cable running across the room, so we had to rearrange the way some things were plugged in for permanent placement. Then, when we had it plugged in where we thought would be best, he kept getting rebuffering on the Squeezebox. ARG. Next hubby went to every receptacle on that circuit, testing and replacing them. No good... still rebuffering. So then we rearranged some more plugs in the room so we could try it on yet another outlet. And that one works! But we had to unhook the network printer for the test since all the ports on my router are filled. So for that, we dug out an old Netgear hub that we still had hanging around and put the printer and powerline bridge on that. Everything still works with the hub... whew! So now he is happily listening to my old Squeezebox 2 in his shop with his old gigantic speakers that I made him remove from the living room entertainment center and the old receiver that he bought in 1987 and would not let me get rid of. :-) And we did not have to buy anything. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51991 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
