mwoodroof Wrote: > Hi again, I have finally found a workaround for my problem described in > this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21866. > > To summarise: after about 200Mb streaming (half hour of FLACs a few > hours of MP3s) the SB3 stops, seems to lose the network conection, and > I have to turn the router off and on again to get the network back. I > think it is a router problem (I have the same problem copying large > files over the wireless network, using Windows XP). > This is definitely a router / driver problem. mwoodroof Wrote: > > I have now worked out that if I switch WEP encryption off, the problem > goes away and I can stream FLACs for hours on end no problem. This is > rather frustrating, as I don't really want to run my wireless LAN > unencrypted. And it just seems quite bizarre! Does anyone have any idea > why encryption could be causing this problem? > While its not possible to know the exact cause without the router and/or driver source, a likely cause is a simple memory leak by in the encryption code. The router's memory is being consumed and not freed, hence the crash/hang. There can also be dangling references, unset variables, etc. in either the driver or router. Since Windows is not crashing on you, its likely in the router vs. the driver.
mwoodroof Wrote: > > One option I have considered is using MAC filtering instead of > encryption - can anyone enlighten me as to how secure that would be? > Don't go there. Get a new router and stop wasting your time with what you have now. While the Belkin Pre-N is a very good router, one cannot say the same for many other Belkin models. In all, Belkin has a terrible track record of resolving their networking problems, or putting much $$$ into maintenance. I have a Pre-N which I love, but would likely not purchase another Belkin product for the aforementioned reason. mwoodroof Wrote: > > Final question - have asked this before but got no help :-( > In order to try to understand what is happening when the SB3 stops > playing with encryption on, is there any value in looking at the > debugging in slimserver? If so, can anyone describe to me what I should > be looking at/for? I know you can turn on various options in "server > settings/debugging" in slimserver but don't know what to look for - it > is a very long and confusing list! > No, you're not going to find a problem outside your router - its the router causing the problem. You already have two test cases using different protocols (Slim, Windows) that trigger the problem, and one test case that indicates it only occurs with WEP enabled. Belkin probably has not dealt with this issue, and likely never will, as WEP is so trivial to break, nobody should be using it, including yourself. Move on! -- MrC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22192 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
