slack_ed wrote: > The distance between my pc and computer seems to be an issue. Using a > Linksys WRT54G router the sound cuts out, or gets more distorted, from > time to time. Looking at the new routers it sounds like the new 802.11n > routers get better range. Does anyone know if there would be an increase > in range if one went to one of these routers?
You can get better range on your WRT54G with DD-WRT. 11n may or may not help. It would help a lot if you could move to 5gHz and leave 2.4gHz for microwave ovens, bluetooth, etc. The current issue of PC Magazine reviews several 11n routers, and recommends against some. The diversity antennas on some newer routers also help. A big question is what format are your music files. The SqueezeBoxen handle MP3 and FLAC natively, so they are sent compressed. This doesn't impact range from an engineering view, but the compressed files can be buffered in the SB and so very short dropouts can be played through. Music that is sent uncompressed is very susceptible to dropouts because of network 'issues' -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
