ovonrein;612633 Wrote: > No, I cannot say that I have done any of this analysis. My server is > wireline to the wireless router, so if I understand well, then you are > suggesting that I use a inSSider equipped laptop around our bedroom to > see what it can sniff out over the wireless interface? Thing is, I use > a wireless laptop in my bedroom quite regularly w/o any problem. Also, > bear in mind that power-cycling the SB3 always resolved the issue (for > a wee while). So if interference (or contention) was at the heart of > the issue, then surely power-cycling would not help at all? Generally, > the WiFi load is quite low when this happens. Mostly it is only loaded > with the very music streams that then stop when the SP3 pukes - no big > load, really. I also use no encryption on my WLAN so that max > bandwidth may actually come close to the advertised spec. The physical > distance between router and SB3 is no more than 8m. There is a wall, > but as I wrote, WLAN strength is 70% - no big deal really. I might > have to substitute the SB2 for a while, to see whether things improve. > As I say, I also have some issues with the SB3 in the living room, which > is a mere 3m away from the router.
a couple of points based on my experience. A laptop has MUCH better wifi antenna. So even in the same spot a SB player is usually weaker strength. And surfing the web or emailing puts a lot less stress on the system than streaming audio. If a packet or two gets dropped or delayed, you wouldn't notice this on your laptop while web surfing. I have a 900 sq ft one level weekend home. with only two sheetrock/wood stud internal walls between my new kitchen SB RADIO and the router, and about 20 to 25 feet at most, I get sometimes only 45 to 50% WIFI strength on Radio but get 95-99% on my laptop in same location. I added a second WIFI access point just yesterday to improve signal to RADIO, and got it up to 85% (it's now only 6 feet from the AP, with one sheetrock internal wall between). I've also found in the past that local WIFI interference could be temporarily solved with a reboot of everything. Not sure of the engineering behind this, but in my case, I had an interfering neighbor wifi on close by channel but it only sometimes caused things to mess up. changing the channel helped a lot. p.s. except for the radio in the kitchen of the weekend home, ALL my SB players, and I have several, are now wired via CAT6 or wired via a MoCa (ethernet over CATV wiring). -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85778 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
