I'm having a very similar problem -- worked fine for a while, then started having problems. Problems include stuttering, jerky display, very slow response to the remote control, and occasionally the music stops completely and the display goes black.
In my case I am located in a dense urban area and I can see 3-7 WiFi networks from different parts of my house. I have changed my network to channel 1, which is well away from any of them, but the problem persists. The problem is intermittent. The player may work fine for hours and hours, then suddenly buffer fullness goes to zero and the Squeezebox starts stuttering and jerking. This persists for minutes or hours and then stops as suddenly and thoroughly as it began. The problem is not weak signal strength -- the Squeezebox is only about 6 feet from my wireless router (with one wood-framed wall in between) and reports 98% signal strength. The problem is definitely WiFi-related and not a server problem, because when it is occurring I can eliminate it completely by connecting the player via an Ethernet cable (this isn't a viable long-term solution because of the players' locations). After trying a wide variety of diagnostics and alternatives I believe I am seeing non-WiFi interference from a phone or microwave oven belonging to a neighbor. Because it doesn't use the WiFi protocol this interference is invisible to iStumbler. I have been able to replicate the symptoms by firing up my own microwave oven. I have considered buying a '_Wi-Spy_' (http://www.metageek.net/) signal analyzer to confirm this diagnosis, but I'm reluctant to spend $100 on a piece of hardware I'm unlikely to use more than once and which won't necessarily solve the problem. (If it's a microwave oven or frequency-hopping phone there's no channel that will be free of the interference.) What I want to do next is to try a better wireless router. My current router is a cheap piece of garbage from Actiontec (I got it from my ISP), which has very limited configuration options and a permanently attached antenna. I would like to try something from a reputable manufacturer, and if that doesn't work I might add a '_RadioLabs_range_extender_' (http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/wireless-range-extender.php) which is a an amplified antenna. That would increase the signal strength, which I'm hoping would bull through the interference. Can anyone recommend a wireless router/AP that is better than most at overcoming interference from phones and microwaves? '_RadioLabs_' (http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/networking/high-power-access-point.php) and '_Buffalo_' (http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/wireless-g-mimo-performance/wireless-g-mimo-performance-broadband-router-and-access-point-with-high-gain-antenna/) both make "high-power" routers, but I don't know if more power will really help. -- dlevine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dlevine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3432 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31330 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
