Is the DateTime screensaver connected to
SqueezeNetwork or to your SlimServer? If it's to
SlimServer, that's a separate issue, but if it's
to SqueezeNetwork, read on.
At first I composed a lengthy discussion about
getting your DSL modem into bridge mode (as
opposed to router mode) to ensure that your voice
adapter is using one WAN IP and your router
another, but then I realized that separate IPs may
not matter in terms of bandwidth...they are both
going through the same pipe, your DSL connection.
Your total bandwidth likely has not changed,
even though you now have two separate "straws" to
suck bandwidth up the same pipe.
What's probably happening - the Mororola voice
adapter always assures it has service using QoS -
Quality of Service, which reserves a certain
portion of the bandwidth. The intention is to
ensure you do not have a drop out during a phone
call when you're downloading something. QoS will
throttle down other traffic to ensure that the
voice adapter always has bandwidth.
The Squeezebox doesn't use a lot of bandwidth in
standby, but it does use it repeatedly with the
DateTime screensaver. You're probably seeing QoS
interrupting it, although that's not the intention
and it seems over-aggressive. Are there any QoS
parameters you can change? Can SpeakEasy help you
out?
With a download or a SqueezeNetwork stream, QoS
should merely throttle the speed down somewhat to
ensure service. I don't know how the DateTime
screensaver works, but it seems to require a burst
of data every second. Perhaps the process is
sensitive to speed reductions?
Do downloads and SqueezeNetwork streams work OK?
GoCubs wrote:
> I recently decided to switch to SpeakEasy for a voip
phone connection
> instead of a traditional landline.
>
> After installing their voice adapter my squeeze box
displays are acting
> erratically. This is most visible in the DateTime
or SuperDateTime
> plugin. Basically as the clock is ticking it will
at times pause for a
> few seconds, then display the next second from
before it started the
> pause, and then jump 5 seconds.
>
> For example:
> 09:15:12 <THREE SECONDS> 09:15:13 09:15:18
>
> The delays are inconsistent in how long they are and
their frequency.
> They're particularly annoying because they can cause
my SuperDateTime
> screensaver to behave crazy when cycling.
>
> TECH INFO:
> SpeakEasy gives me 2 static IP's via a DSL line.
One for Internet and
> one for VOIP. The DSL modem connects to a Motorola
voice adapter
> (operating in bridge mode) which connects to a
Linksys 54G series
> wireless router. My server and two squeeze boxes
are connected to the
> router via hardwired connections which receive local
IP addresses via
> DHCP from the router. The router and Motorola are
each configured for
> their individual static IPs.
>
> I tried putting the Linksys before the Motorola and
it did not work at
> all. I'm not sure how (or if it's even possible) to
configure the
> Linksys to use the one static IP for DHCP but allow
the Motorola to use
> a different static IP. I've also tried flashing to
the latest Linksys
> firmware and/or the latest Alchemy firmware
replacement.
>
> Any ideas? I really don't understand why putting
the Motorola bridged
> on my WAN impacts my local LAN traffic even when the
WAN is not being
> used at all.
>
> Much thanks
> -Greg
>
>
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