I'm accessing this via the email lists, so haven't been keeping up-to-date with your other posts... But from the problems you're having it certainly does sound like some sort of interference. I suffered what sounds like the same thing when I first got my SB1. For me, SB would play fine for a few minutes and then would either pause playback or sometimes the unit would reboot entirely.
It still happens very occasionally, but I managed to minimise it by changing wireless channel and adding a different antenna to my fileserver. I use USR hardware, and it has had it's problems but now that I have the latest firmware it seems to be a great deal more stable. In the UK you can have up to 13 wireless channels (only 11 in North America). After setting my network to run on channel 13, I find the dropouts have all but ceased. I still sometimes have the odd day where there appears to be a lot of interference, but I strongly suspect that one of my neighbours has a cordless phone or something. Using a D-Link directional antenna on my fileserver (the antenna looks like a miniature flatscreen monitor) has greatly improved signal strength at my server and means that the connection between SB and fileserver is much more stable. Don't forget that even while the SB may have 100% reception, this is no good if your fileserver has very poor signal strength as it still effectively means that your SB can't talk to the SS service/application. My tips would be: 1. Make sure you're running the latest (or an otherwise known stable) version of router firmware; the latest version is not ALWAYS the best... 2. Check signal strength at both SB and fileserver - if appropriate, change location of one of both, or change to a different antenna 3. Make sure you're running the latest (or an otherwise know stable) version of SB firmware (though I've never had any problems with SB firmware) 4. Make sure your NIC drivers are up to date 5. Make sure you're running a recent version of SS software 6. Investigate changing channels on your network - do this WHILE you're having problems!! e.g. if you're experiencing stuttering or other symptoms of (potential) interference, change channel to see if it gets better/worse. Best channels are at the extreme ends of the scale, or right in the middle as they have less 'overlap' with each other. If your router has the functionality, DISABLE "dynamic channel" option. This is supposed to scan for channels with the lowest noise and is supposed to give a cleaner signal. In effect, what it means (at least for USR gear) is that the channel may randomly change which results in a drop-out of the signal. Download and install "netstumbler" (it's freeware, do a Google search on "netstumbler" and "wardriving"). You can view signal strength in a dynamic display. It doesn't work with all hardware (it works on my laptop, but not for my USR cards, for example). if you are very lucky it will not only work for your hardware ;) but your card may even report noise. You can have a permanent 100% reception, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the signal is 100% (or even 50%) clean. It may be that the signal is strong, but is very noisy. Hope it helps you. Like you, I had some major issues when I first set up SB, and I went through the same thing as you - I was close to returning it and giving up. But after a bit of a struggle, the system is now up and running and it's very cool. Dan. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kdf Sent: 21 September 2005 03:00 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Okay, maybe it's time to call it a day... On 20-Sep-05, at 5:47 PM, Music Machine wrote: > > Have to agree about the Belkin curse. Also if you ordered a d-link > just > smash it when you get it. Don't wait to go crazy first and then smash > it. > Belkin Pre-N was a nightmare for me, but a few calls to tech support got me a replacement that is working a LOT better. It doesn't have all the nifty features of the hacked linksys WRT54G, but it's a lot faster, especially with a mixed network -k _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
