tandy1000rl wrote: > Just an update on this, where I was having playlist startup problems > when syncing a large number of Radios through wifi. > > I had mentioned that I had 3 APs on the same network, all on separate > channels. While rewiring the basement, I turned off one of the APs and > noticed that my Squeezeboxes were much more responsive connected to just > the remaining 2. In fact, I can now easily sync 15-20 Radios through > the wireless network and have any playlist, local or streaming, start > within 3 seconds--much better than the 20-60 seconds it used to require. > At this point I'm so overjoyed and scared to jinx anything by > researching the underlying cause, but I suspect it's due to the > de-commissioned AP being connected to the network through a secondary > switch (i.e. daisy chained) rather than though the main switch. Or, > maybe it was due to the Squeezeboxes constantly looking for and hopping > to the strongest AP which really have minimal differentials in most > cases. > > Ideally, I could tie each Radio to a specific AP, but Logitech does not > make this easy with manual (non-DHCP) network configuration settings. > Anyway, it's now a pleasure to use the system once again, and I can > confirm the sync algorithm is quite robust with 15 - 20 wireless units.
Actually squeezeboxes are realy bad at roaming between ap's there is no guarantee that one radio is conected to the strongest one ever it probaly connects tot first one it can conect to . Now with only two of the separation may be soo good the radios has less choice and most of them only see one ap reliably and conect to that one . If you decide to experiment further , you could have the three ap's with different ssid and pass and conect the radios to the one with the prefered strength . Depending on placement some radios could also be wired , IMO I would use wifi only if a cable where not physically possible. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100183 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
