Mark Lanctot;171761 Wrote: 
> Yeah, that's not particularly easy or intuitive.  I tried to explain it
> but it's hard.  What you have to do is filter out the networks by using
> the filters on the left pane.  Filter everything out but your own, using
> MAC address for example.  When you have only one left, double-click and
> you'll bring up the strength graph.

Thanks, I'll try that next time I run it. I was trying to get there by
choosing one network (from many) on the RHS. *Now* I remember that the
help examples talk about testing signal strength by limiting the
display to your network... now I know why!

> From what I've seen on the forum, 50-60 is borderline...try tweaking
> router or antenna position.

Tonight, it got as far as the Infernal Dance in the Firebird Suite
before barfing.  I found that even the 1000kbps network test was
hitting significant dropouts (average 96%, but got much lower on
occasion and even cut off completely at one point).
I switched to channel 6, and twiddled with the router aerials (one
vertical, one horizontal). Signal strength on the SB3 went up to 60-70,
and it's been fine ever since (touch Formica), all the way from Bach to
Ossian (though the latter, I'm shocked to discover, is still largely
96kb wma... and the sources are on loan to folky friends at the
moment.) Maybe a little early to be popping the champagne corks (but
hey, it's Friday!)

This evening, NetStumbler showed a plethora of nearby networks on
channels 1, 6 and 11, which pretty much covers the lot, I guess; but
all were intermittent, and none got an SNR above the low 20s. Mine, and
what appears to be its b*stard sibling (or doppelganger) 000000 were
hitting 73.

Incidentally, whilst serving WMA, Network Health is reporting that
streaming is Inactive, and Buffer  Fullness shows *nothing at all*.
Maybe the files are just too small to show up! :-) Right now, I'm
hearing glitches that are almost certainly ripping errors (heavens
knows what I used originally), so these are ripe for a flacking... Of
course, if I'm more or less happy listening to 96kbps wma, why am I
worrying about problems with FLAC delivery?! But resorting to bitrate
limiting would've smelt of failure.

-- Brian


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