realcodeguy;622833 Wrote: > Yes, what you say makes a LOT of sense. > > I think for a short term solution I'll install LAME and limit the > bitrate when I want all the players on, then look into running CAT5 to > a second AP on a different channel. I can see that being a decent long > term solution. I'll just get a decent G router for this purpose and it > would be super cheap. > > I guess my question would be, if both AP's are using the same SSID on > different channels, will only one be visible since they are using the > same name? And, how do you know which AP you're connecting to? There > seems to be one vote for the same name and one for using a different > name.
In my experience, the hardware players will stubbornly connect to the original instance even when there is an identically named AP 8 feet from the receiver. The only way to force the player to talk to the "closer/stronger" signal was to power-off the other AP. After a restart of SBS, they wander right back to the original AP. Hence my suggestion of different names. I have no problems wandering around with my boom. Apparently it remembers more than a single AP. Roaming with a laptop should not present an issue with different names: just configure both connections to auto-start. On your first laptop connection to the new AP, be sure to change the network type to "private" so the players will be able discover the SBS machine. On the DHCP issue, I have my DSL modem running the only DHCP server on the network (all the AP DHCP's are disabled.) This provides a single DHCP client list and prevents "multiple network syndrome." P -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86757 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
