jimzak wrote: > Hi. > > I'm going to jump in this thread and share that after several years of > stability, I'm getting rebuffering on my system now, mainly streaming > services (NPR) but also with Flac files streaming locally. > > One radio in my bathroom is less than 10 feet away from my router and I > get rebuffering of local Flac files and streaming NPR. > > I'm aware that this means that likely that there is some new Wi-Fi > nearby that is interfering. > > What would be the suggested algorithm for troubleshooting this problem? > > Thanks. > > ------------- > > LMS server: i5 laptop wired to router > Router: Cisco E4200
1. I'd start with examining all the local wifi networks and their channels. I use "inSSIDer" on my windows laptop. There are other free programs as well. Run this and you'll see nearby networks and the channels they are on. Try to use a "low use" channel, and best to use 1, 6, or 11 if possible as these don't overlap with nearby channels. http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/ 2. make sure the router is using a fixed wifi channel (and that some update has not switched it to "automatic" for channel selection. If outside the US, don't use > 11, even if available. 3. I assume you are synching the players. I'd do some testing without the players synched. Some of the buffering I've had in the past related to my RADIO (which was synched to the Transporter). The Radio was struggling a bit with its wifi connection and causing the buffering (on both the radio and transporter). p.s. I occasionally get buffering on some streaming internet radio stations. Not more than maybe once every 3 or 4 hours typically. And I've had this on the same station (WNYC-AM) at two different locations (different internet providers, different equipment, etc.), so I'm assuming this is more at the provider end vs my end. *Location 1:* VortexBox (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > SqueezePlay *Spares:* VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone4S (iPeng), iPad2 (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100272 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
