I've had significantly less trouble with the 802.11g connection from my
Squeezebox2 (which I understand to be electrically identical to the
current Squeezebox3 players) than the WiFi in my wireless computers.
Plus the Slim/Squeezebox protocol uses a significant data buffer,
making it unlikely that short-term glitches would affect your
listening. It seems much more likely to me that your Slimserver system
would flake out on something like Internet Radio due to an intermittent
WiFi glitch than your Squeezebox.

Plus, a WiFi squeezebox can act as a bridge for any Ethernet device you
plug into it with a crossover cable -- I've found this an easy way to
let guests connect their laptops to the network, though it's certainly
more expensive than a WiFi AP running DD_WRT!

Finally, your PC <-> Internet traffic is likely to have more intersting
& sensitive traffic than your PC <-> Squeezebox traffic. Should someone
guess/crack your WiFi security key, you're better off with them
sniffing your Slimserver traffic than seeing your emails, web searches,
etc.

-Peter


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