iPhone;310846 Wrote: > For both Howard and Jimzak, let me guess that both of you are using > Windows? Between Windows and the fact that the Squeezebox IS a Network > Media Player (the keyword being Network) a bunch of things can already > be wrong before one starts out to setup a Duet. As Pat said, I had mine > up and running in 10 minutes and I was sitting on the couch taking my > time. I have had no real problems with it whatsoever. When I set Duets > up for friends the average time after installing SC to get it up and > running is about 6 minutes. Most of these friends know next to nothing > about PCs much less Networks. I do not get phone calls from them about > having problems. Maybe it is because they do not fiddle around with > their PCs or have extra apps runnning all the time. > > Main issues that I run into are Windows, Active Anti-virus (waste of > time and PC CPU resourses), and Firewalls. If one is having major > problems my suggestion is build a server for SC or drag an old PC out > and only use it for SC. Is a stand alone server required? No it is not. > Would most people be better off running it on a server? I think they > would. > > Is the Squeezebox of everybody, not yet as long as the world keeps > being contaminated by MicroSoft and folks don't have a home network.
Thanks for your response. Here are a couple of items. I do use windows, but no virus protection and no fire wall. It is a specific use PC. There is nothing else running on it so I think it's as clean as I can make it. SC seems to run pretty well and scans very quickly so no complaints there. I'm not sure what happened to SN in the past few days. Nothing has changed on my server (losely used) and nothing changed on the routers. As I mentioned, I spent 3 hours on the phone with tech support, which is what I was brow beaten about for not doing before whan I complained. They did not have a solution, although they may when they call back tonight. Note: to those who are avoiding my posts or think I'm trying to make a bad case for the DUET here: I'm sorry to hear I am offending folks by showing my frustration a little. I don't think I have instigated any attacks and I try to inject a little humor, but I do seem to get some fairly snide remarks by trying to just get some dialog on the product going. To me there's not much sense in discussing anything if it's *all* going to be sugar coated. If even one person has an issue, he should be able to bring it up without being chastised. Don't like him or his views, don't read it. To say you're avoiding that person just seems mean and unnecessary to me. But then again, I seem to be mistaken on alot of things lately. Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48750 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
