tf8252 Wrote: > Thanks so much for all your time here...think I understand now.
No problem, but let's reserve judgement until we get things working. ;-) I think we're well on our way though. > > My goal was to allow music to travel from the NAS to the Squeezebox on > a cable rather than wireless...for speed, while still taking advantage > of the SqueezeNetwork radio, etc. Very good idea, but in order to do this, you have to have access to the Internet -through- the NAS (bridging, which is not the function of a NAS at all) or have both the NAS and an Internet connection on your router so they can both be accessed by any network device - which is what we're trying to do. > So if I understand correctly, I should relocate the router downstairs > neer my receiver. Hardwire IN from the NAS to a port on the router and > OUT from the router to the Squeezebox - this will take care of > Slimserver. > > Correct?? Yes, but there's one big concern here: how will you get the cable modem's WAN (Wide Area Network, i.e. Internet) port in to the WAN port on the router? If you were willing to run long network wires then no problem. In that case it would be better to keep the router upstairs, run a long cable to the Squeezebox and move the NAS close to the router so you don't have to run another long cable. Although running cables is the best way, it's difficult to do for a lot of people, which is why the wireless Squeezebox exists in the first place. You may want to try it out. You could be pleasantly surprised and you know your router already works with the Squeezebox wirelessly. I play FLAC all the time and in the 5 months since I've had the device I think I've had one confirmed dropout, plus I'm in a really radio-adverse environment, surrounded by 8 wireless networks and less than a kilometre away from a 500 000W FM/AM/TV broadcast tower. So experiment around with a wireless connection before committing to running wires. It doesn't cost you anything and it will probably work flawlessly. Plus you can change it to a wired connection any time you want. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22400 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
