@Mark >You're right. One of life's mysteries.
Nah this is pure science.. :) The question is what scentific ground this behaviour is based on. Maybe Shawn can share some thoughts on this , regarding how the SB uses the signal received on its antennas and how it prioritizes its "results".. >No but I do accept donations. ;-) Wait in line pal I'm looking for sponsors too ;) >'Course the practical question would be, how does one of those >super-duper high-gain 3rd party antennas work on the SB1/SB2? >They work wonders on routers, much better than increasing >transmit strength by all accounts, so they should work on the >SB1/SB2. I'm sure they will and you wouldn't even need to install them on the SB, just on AP/router would be sufficient.. But: 1) I dont want to spend the $$ 2) dont want an 18dBi emitting possible harmful waves through my tiny head 24/7 ,since the couch where I'm sitting most of the time is directly in the line of path between the SB and the AP..I prefer to use less aggressive ways if possible 3) dont want to make my "office" room (where the PC and AP currently reside) even more ugly than it is now by installing a high gain yagi :) @Jim >Not sure if this antennae fits this description, but I use two >SMC omni's..one at the router and the other at the SB2. They >didn't cost much. The separation is 1 floor plus several walls >on opposite sides of the house. I average 85-90%. I tried >disconnecting the SB antennae and it dropped to 45-50%. I think >this is about what I saw when I used the original antennae. Hm, an 85-90 seems pretty impressive to me considering the location you mention. Are we talking about brick walls in between or just "wood separation" (sorry dont know the exact word) Could you plz tell me the model numbers of these SMCs antennas? Cost? Are you talking about simple, small omni antennas similar to the one the SB and most APs are equipped with? I currently use just 2 self made antenna "dishes" on the 2 antennas of my AP and that's it. Has helped really good since before that I could not use the SB where I wanted without stuttering and loss of connection to the SS. I now have a 35% with 4 rooms in between (brick walls and a brick bathroom with tiles all over)...although there is also a corridor between the 2 "endpoints" which sure helps a lot (although its NOT "line of sight") Eventually I believe, figuring out how the SB implements the wireless section (2 antennas..diversity antennas maybe..prioritization..different cable quality between internal antenna and external antenna?..and so on..) , I'mpretty confident that one could "squeeze" the squeezebox to get more wireless juice.. :) Also what abt tuning the wireless card inside to transmit more dBi like they do for some Linksys APs? Can this be done programming-wise? Cheers Nikos -- _NK_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _NK_'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25432 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
