Thanks for these comments Jim. I am also inclined to think that it is something to do with my wifi signal strength. This morning I logged it varying between 2% and 48% in the course of 30 minutes without me making any changes.
Once it connects it can usually sustain the streaming of music even down to a quoted 2% strength. It often has problems connecting in the first place, presumably when the signal is very low - but of course I cannot check this until it connects. I got NetStumbler but it says 'no wireless adapter found'. Not sure what that means or what it needs me to do. I tried changing channels anyway, tried 1,6 and 11 all seem the same. I guess there must be something in a neighbour's house which is intermittently interfering. They certainly have a wifi network. JimC;289142 Wrote: > If I had to guess, I'd say that you have external interference that's > reducing your wireless signal strength. 2.4GHz is a very crowded > spectrum, with all kinds of devices competing for bandwdith and > signal. > > If possible, I would use either NetStumbler (for Windows, get it > '*here*' (http://www.netstumbler.com/)) or iStumbler (for Mac, get it > '*here*' (http://www.istumbler.net/)) and look at the wireless networks > in your area. Try to find a channel that's either a minimum of 4 steps > apart from other routers and use that. If you can't find one, look for > a channel between the channels used by the two weakest router signals in > the list and use that. > > The other nice thing is that both of these apps can graphically display > signal strength so you can see any fluctuations in what's being received > by the antenna in your computer. You can compare that to changes in the > Controller's signal strength to see if they match, which would help > isolate whether this is a Controller- or network-specific issue. > > > -=> Jim -- copernical ------------------------------------------------------------------------ copernical's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16717 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45940 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
