If both your SBS and server are running wirelessly then you are doubling the music traffic. E.g. sb <-> access point and server <-> access point. If you then copy files between another two wirelessly connected pcs then you have pc1 <-> access point and pc2<-> access point. That could add up to a lot of traffic.
So wiring up what you can to the access point/router would save some wireless bandwidth for your music. Don't forget about home plugs as an alternative to wiring. As mentioned the server could be strained under workload. You could try bit rate limiting (i.e. scaling down the quality of the music sent to the SB). Only really useful if you are using lossless or low compression mp3s. Also this may strain the server. And of course decreases quality. Some routers have settings that give priority to streaming media. Not sure if it would recognize the SB traffic though and prioritise it. Mine has it but don't know if it is working. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80802 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
