To answer one of your original queries, streaming high bitrate music isn't quite the same as sending and receiving information via the wireless connection on a laptop. Your laptop is much more forgiving of dropped packets and doesn't need the same high quality, consistent signal to get short bursts of information (like email, web pages or internet radio).
The easiest thing that you can do to improve the consistentcy of your wireless connection is to change the channel on your router to the one with the least interference - although if you've downloaded Netstumbler, perhaps you've already tried this. Changing channels to a non-overlapping channel with any other nearby may slightly improve your signal strength, but what it should also do is improve the quality and consistency of the signal. I use a Netgear router without too many problems - it's an Rangemax DG834N and gives me good coverage over a three storey house. That said, I don't think the range is that special and I find the router interface isn't that friendly if you want to do anything slightly non-standard (like put a single computer into a DMZ for example). Prefered my old Belkin router for that kind of thing. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? "-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...-" (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54691 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
