Short version: My SB3 was much more tolerant of wireless noise when I ran Slimserver 6.5.3. Can this wireless network reliability be restored to the new SC 7.x series?
************************************* Long version: My SB3 connects to a Dlink 4300 router/802.11g access point. My wireless network is lightly used, just one other laptop that's used as a remote desktop client. My wireless network (on channel 1) is free from interference (I've verified this with Airmagnet's Laptop Analyzer and Spectrum Analyzer) except for one thing I'll address later. I was running Slimserver 6.5.3 without any wireless problems. After upgrading to SqueezeCenter 7.0 my Squeezebox 3 frequently drops of the network, usually for about 30 seconds. Nothing has changed in my wireless environment except for the upgrade to SC 7.0 (firmware 86). I've also tried several recent beta 7.0.1 versions of SC (firmware 88), but this didn't change my symptoms at all. The one thing I have that does cause interference is a 2.4 GHz cordless phone. With my spectrum analyzer I can see this phone bounce all over the 2.4 GHz spectrum, so there's no safe channel to run to. With this phone unplugged my SB's wireless problems go away. So finally getting to the point, yes I know trashing my 2.4 GHz phone is the best fix, please don't tell me I just need to throw my phone away. My point is that the old SB3 firmware was more tolerant of wireless noise then the current firmwares (86 and 88). Is there anyway that the wireless network resiliency from the old Slimserver 6.5.3 days (I don't know what firmware that was) can be restored? Or maybe an advanced wireless option to turn on something like "Super Old Fashioned Wireless Network Robustness" that would trade some wireless speed for wireless reliability. TIA, Jim -- jimj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46789 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
