sleepysurf wrote: > (2 messages:) > Got the Netgear EX3700, and it's working perfectly (via Ethernet) thus > far. ... I'm running it in WiFi extender mode, and was hoping it's > stronger signal and proximal location to the Radio might maintain the > wireless connection, but it didn't. That leads me to think the SB Radio > WiFi chips are actually failing, vs. being subject to interference from > competing WiFi signals. > > ...Regardless, I'm very happy with the Netgear extender/bridge, and more > confident with the manufacturer. ... and have had no trouble connecting > the SB Radio to LMS, and controlling it via Web Control on my laptop, or > Squeezer apps on my smartphone and Chromebook.
I don't believe the chips are failing in the sense that they are wearing out or becoming damaged. But the chips and software are failing to handle increasingly complex signal environments coming from increased WiFi usage starting early this year 2020. For more information, read the posts in the developer's 'Community-Build-Radio-Firmware' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111663-Community-Build-Radio-Firmware&p=990627&viewfull=1#post990627) section of this forum. And it is not just the Squeezebox radios suffering from this issue, other recently manufactured devices operating on the congested 2.4 gHz band are affected, although yet others don't seem to be. One theory for the failures that has not been completely dis-proven has to do with peculiarities of certain modern wireless routers / access points or their configuration (e.g., beam forming, etc.). I am interested in your experience with the Netgear product. In one post, you wrote that the Squeezebox radio didn't maintain the wireless connection to the EX3700, and later that you have had no trouble. Is this encouraging news? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POMdev's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70558 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97791 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
