Jack Coates;168576 Wrote: > They have these things called "diagnostic tools" you know. traceroute, > ping, and ethereal are almost everywhere, iptraf or bing would be > great if you're on *nix. Your hesitance to use them and post results > instead of SHOUTING a lot leads to my unwillingness to accept that > you've thoroughly eliminated all the other possible problems. You > haven't posted the results of a network bandwidth plugin test, you > haven't reported if it works when you moved to wired, and you haven't > said that you've used anything like *stumbler to validate your > wireless neighborhood. Maybe you've done all these things and are > insulted that anyone would impugn your troubleshooting capabilities, > but that hasn't been communicated adequately (except for the insulted > part).
actually, in the other threads, you can see my "traceroutes" and so on. however, i am not an internet routing expert and i am not familiar with all the geeks diagnostic tools. would it be helpful? sure maybe, but i am not aware of them, let alone qualified to use any of them, (beyond ping and tracert). i do think, your seeming expectation that i do all that when the SB has a problem is lame and ridiculous. first of all, why don't you ASK what i've done previously? secondly, if i haven't done something, why don't you SUGGEST something for me to try and see if i do it before you condemn me? thirdly, and most important of all, the onus is on the SB to work, not on the user to become a card carrying member of geek squad to make it work or prove the problem is the SB's. before you pop a blood vessel, i understand that frequently the user or conditions the user is in are at fault for something not working properly. i TOTALLY get that. but what bothers me is when i have explained to you that it isn't a microwave, it isn't a neighbor, and it isn't my wireless, you continue to insist it probably is. all i can say to you is IF the problem happens again, i will wire it. when i do so, i fully expect the problem to remain, and we'll be right back where i expected us to be, staring at the SB/SS as the most likely probable cause. all i can hope for at that time, is that you won't then find fault with my router, modem, or cat5. Jack Coates;168576 Wrote: > The point is that focusing on a single device in a complex system is a > great way to chase your own tail. This is what the OSI layers are for. its not like it stopped working, and i said SD did it. i checked everything, tried different things, and what remained as most probable was SD. Jack Coates;168576 Wrote: > > > at the time i was having the problem, i STILL had ruled out all > other > > possibilities within reason. LOCAL 256kbps mp3s worked, SOME other > net > > streams worked, but some didn't. > > > > does the wireless care which stream i listen to??? > > > > Yes, obviously, because the buffer is draining. If the data flow is > marginal upstream of your location, hiccups in the last loop (wireless > in this case) become more prominent. Bear in mind that Winamp on your > PC has more than 25 megabits of buffer to work with. you made no sense at all here. understand what i am saying: 1.my SB is wireless. 2.it encountered problems with my streams of choice. 3.it couldn't play any of the 3 lion radio streams, even the 32kbps ones. 4.HOWEVER, the SB COULD play some other streams, including a Soma 128 one, as well as my local mp3s. winamp has nothing to do with what i just said. so i ask again, does the wireless care which stream i listen to? Jack Coates;168576 Wrote: > > > and how close would a microwave need to be? and would they have it > on > > 24/7? > > > > a) Depends how leaky it is. > b) What about a cordless phone? Or a generator? Or a home electronics > kit? Maybe you're down the street from ezkcdude, building DACs in his > garage :) I don't know that there is interference in your wireless > loop, but I haven't seen you effectively rule it out by posting that > the network bandwidth plugin is solidly 100%, so I'm mentioning > it.[color=blue] thats one leaky new microwave. i have no landline. my neighbors aren't close enough, and few if any have broadband. i haven't run any diags b/c as i said, i don't have any diag pgms or know how to use them. and if you mean what SD reports as my wireless strength, i believe i di say earlier in this thread and in other threads that SD says its 100%. listen, if you want to help me, thats kool and the gang, and i'll appreciate any help i get and i think you'll find i'm willing to try just about anything. but 1. you gotta give me a chance first, and 2. you don't need to be a smartass. in the meantime, why don't you focus all that high powered technical insight to the OP, who IS currently experiencing the issue, and who IS wired? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.1 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31359 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
