cdnpaul;356848 Wrote: > I just recently switched from DSL to cable and the Apple Extreme router > is now farther away. My Transporter is great (it works great regardless > of where the router is in the house) but the two SB3's always seem to > struggle with picking up a strong enough signal. Are there any simple > solutions to increase the range of the SB3's?
I have a Squeezebox in a bedroom which is in the opposite corner of the house and one floor up from the wireless router and its wi-fi reception was always spotty. I tried a high-gain antenna on the router: no improvement. I added another wireless access point in the second floor office, which is one room away: no improvement. I finally bought a couple of these things: http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-PLK200-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B000LJ5B8Q/ You plug one in near the router and then run a CAT 5 cable from it to the router, then plug the other one in near the Squeezebox and run another CAT 5 cable from it to the Squeezebox (you configure the SqueezeBox same way you would if it was hardwired.) The Powerline adapters communicate with each other though the house's electrical wiring and bridge the traffic to your router. Works great. I ended up buying a third one to use with the Squeezebox in the basement. -- pfink ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pfink's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54672 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
