Chris Egolf Wrote: > radish wrote: > > Are you sure it's actually powering off and not just losing it's > network > > connection? The effect can look very similar... > > > Really? I thought it just displayed a message that it had lost contact > > with the slimserver. > > It's using the wired connection instead of the wireless, but I'll > double > check the connections just to be sure. > > > About a week ago I had some odd trouble with my Squeezebox G "going > dark" a couple times overnight (normally it's "off" and displaying the > current time; when it misbehaved, the screen went dark entirely). It > hasn't happened since, but I found it odd, as it's using a wired > connection to the SlimServer host (which also acts as DHCP server; both > the SlimServer host and the SBG are plugged into the same wireless G > bridge [Linksys WRT54G + DD-WRT firmware]). Cycling the SBG by holding > down the power button on the remote was enough to reconnect and restore > the time display. > > In this same time period, my Squeezebox 2 (which uses 802.11g to the > house AP) didn't have any trouble. > > ISTM the SBG should have reconnected easily if it had rebooted for some > reason, especially given how clean & simple the networking is for the > SBG's link to SlimServer. > > The lost connections have not recurred, so I haven't investigated > further. But I'd double-check your firmware (hold Brightness to force > an update?) first, as I wonder if this may be a firmware/software > problem. And I wonder if using a static IP address would help if you're > losing connections, as that would remove the DHCP dependency.
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