scan80269 Wrote: > I'd like to report some persistent trouble with getting a Squeezebox3 > set up with a Netgear WGU624 double 108Mbps wireless router. > > SB3 is able to see my home network based on the WGU624, but when the > SB3 requests an IP address after connecting to the network, it always > gets assigned an IP address in the range of 169.254.xxx.yyy, after > which SB3 fails to connect to my SlimServer PC or to SqueezeNetwork. > Switching from DHCP to static IP setting also does not work. I have > tried varying the 11g settings on the WGU624 (11g only, auto108Mbps, > etc.) to no avail. > > Next, I switched to a LinkSys WRT55AG v2 router, reset the SB3 to > factory defaults, went through the setup again and everything started > working. I suspect the key difference is that with the WRT55AG, SB3 > will pick up an IP address within the expected range, i.e. > 192.168.1.xxx, and SB3 can talk to both a SlimServer PC or to > SqueezeNetwork. > > Since different router brands yielded different results with the same > SB3, I currently assume there may be something wrong with the Netgear > WGU624, specifically with its DHCP server on the LAN side. Both the > WGU624 and WRT55AG were set up with identical 128-bit WEP keys. I do > plan to contact Netgear support to bring up this issue, and I do have > access to even more router models to experiment with, but meanwhile I > have some questions: > > 1. What wireless network device name does SB3 use? In other words, if > I display the DHCP client table on the wireless router, what should I > see as the device name for SB3? Also, is the SB3 device name > user-controllable? > > 2. Is SB3 based on the same Atheros 11g radio as SB2? If so, is there > any chance SB3 can be firmware upgraded to support Atheros Super-G > (108Mbps)? I suppose the answer will depend on whether the SB3 11g > radio hardware is Super-G capable in the first place. > > Thanks!
AFAIK, the SB3 will not work if the router is using *any* speed boosting technologies. So you must diable (what D-Link calls) turbo, this may be called Speedstep or whatever in your router. Note this is seperate to the speed setting (ie 108mbps). The proprietory tecnologies use Packet bursting and the like to improve throughput, but obvioulsy have to have eqivalent manufacture hardware on the other end (ie a Netgear wireless card) Hope that helps Nic -- DrNic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DrNic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=92 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19000 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
