Soren,
Thank you again. I will save your traceroute suggestion for the next time I
get this odd dropout behavior. I really do need to try this cmd and get
used to using it.
I am listening to the same link today and there are no dropouts (yet). I
can only suppose that the problem really does exist way upstream and out of
my control. And, since my current isp in now AT&T (and/or BellSouth), I am
familiar with intermittent strange behavior. For all I know, maybe someone
was trenching in NW Texas and whacked through a buried fiber backbone trunk.
I dug further into the Marvel diagnostic tool I have and find that my
current on-board Yukon nic is currently locked on "full-duplex" and running
at 1000baseT.
So, ATM, I believe any trouble appears to by external to my LAN.
Thank you again,
Duncan
At 09:39 08/21/2008 -0400, you wrote:
If your NIC has some sort of config utility, you could use it for checking
and altering the operation mode. Sometimes a NIC is factory set to a lower
value, no matter what Windows reports, or what setting is used in Windows
Networking.
A traceroute (=tracert cmd in win) to the host will reveal if there are
any bottlenecks on the way.
Hint: streamaudio.com/site/StreamTimeout.aspx
Best,
Soren
DHSinclair wrote:
Soren,
Thank you. ATM I forget a test for half-duplex.
Switch says 1000baseT for this nic.
ipconfig /all shows all normal.
I did run all the Marvell diagnostics and they come back AOK.
(Yes, perhaps a loaded result.)
Uh, Media player tweak options? Which media player do you mean?
I do have M$ MP9, but I do not use it for online radio stuff.
Well, that I am aware of............ :)
Best,
Duncan
At 23:23 08/20/2008 -0400, you wrote:
Maybe a NIC running in half duplex?
Do you have any tweak options for the buffer in your media player?
Best,
Soren
DHSinclair wrote:
I like to listen to remote radio programs with the PC.
I am having trouble with one from LA (krla870). It comes via
streamaudio.com and
the Salem radio network. I can get the player to load and sync, but
then the audio
stream starts dropping out; frequent "buffering..." outages. I suspect
it may be an
upstream trouble, but can not yet prove.
Are there local settings I have that may be causing this?
I've been through FF v3 twice and can not find any bottlenecks.
Have 1GB of ram. Any ideas on where to peek/poke to tune
this machine?
Duncan
