shane732;553439 Wrote: > I currently have a squeezebox classic and a squeezebox radio. Currently > both of them are working over a wifi network (i.e. neither of them are > directly wired to the router). > > When I try to sync the two of them it's awful. The songs stop playing > every few seconds to allow the classic and the radio to sync. > > What's the problem with them or is this just the way it is when syncing > them? > > Should I wire one of them to the router?
Probably. Your wireless router will say something about how cool it is that it can stream 54Mbps or some such, which is way more than you need... But it leaves out important details: as part of the connection process, both sides monitor the link and adjust according to what they see as noise. And, if there is noise, data gets dropped and has to retransmit... which makes for rebuffering issues. Wireless is a nice idea, and works "mostly" but is subject to sharing the same channels as everyone else (your neighbor's wireless, baby monitors, intercoms, alarm systems, microwave ovens, "tv extenders" and all the other junk lives in the same area). There are a couple things you can do: wire as much as you can. Especially make sure the link between your server and the router is wired. Just wiring this one link will cut your usage of the wifi range by 50%. If you can wire the other devices, go for it. You may also want to change your wireless channel on the router: most routers come defaulted to channel 6. Which means most of your neighbors probably left it there and they are on channel 6, too... Try 1 or 11, as far from them as possible so you won't get their data which will seem like just noise to you. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79490 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
