neilcoburn Wrote: > I realise there are loads of threads re network problems, though these > all seem to refer to problems of Squeezeboxes connecting wirelessly to > routers/access points. > > I have a slightly different issue. Since moving house, the PC running > Slimserver is a long way from my incoming internet connection so I've > added a wireless card to the PC so it can connect to the router > wirelessly. The signal strength is 'excellent, 54 Mbps', but it still > loses the connection a few times a day. It usually reconnects by > itself, but about once a day needs me to right-click and select > 'repair'. My question is, is this the best I can hope for from a > wireless connection, or is it reasonable to expect this set-up to stay > connected for many hours and days? If these drop-outs are inevitable, > I'll invest in a Homeplug set up. Any thoughts welcome!
"Repair" is friendly-talk for "perform a DHCP release followed by a DHCP renew". Perhaps you have more than one device acting as a DHCP server. At any rate, one way to ensure you don't need to keep hitting repair is to assign your computer a static IP address, thus bypassing DHCP. Here's how: - Open a command prompt (Start-->Run-->type CMD, click OK). - Type "ipconfig /all" and hit Enter. Leave this window open. - Open Network Connections (it's in Control Panel). - Right-click on your wireless connection and click Properties. - Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list and click the Properties button. - Select "Use following IP address" and "Use the following DNS server addresses". - In each of the fields on the General tab, enter the corresponding IP address from the ipconfig listing in the command window. - Click OK, and OK again, and close the control panel and command prompt windows. If you do this, you will need to prevent IP address conflicts (more than one computer/Squeezebox/etc. trying to use the same IP address). One simple way is to assign the computer a static IP that is higher than the ones the DHCP server is assigning. In other words, if ipconfig showed that your computer had been assigned the address 192.168.1.2, assign it 192.168.1.100. The other way is to assign static IP addresses to your Squeezebox and any other computers on your home network, and keep a list so that you do not accidentally use the same address twice. Good luck! -- abdomen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ abdomen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1205 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22713 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
