chrisinparis wrote: > I was blissfully unaware of this whole issue until about a week ago. > Then the new neighbour (I'm assuming him, but could be another neighbour > - but everything points to him) started up their new shiny Wifi 6 router > and I could not understand what had hit my 3 radios. > > Luckily came across the wlanpoke threads reasonably quickly and > installed on my 3 radios. Much better. But occasionally I have seen > the dreaded red symbol, and even when that does not happen I reckon I > get 3 dropouts an hour from a radio in use (will measure more > scientifically when back home in 10 days). > > Before I go any further, *many many thanks* to the dev Pomdev and to the > creators of this thread and the macOS thread for their efforts. Made > getting my radios back to mostly usable very easy. > > Lastly from what I understand there is no long term solution to this - > only a firmware patch for the wifi radio will do it, and that must come > from the manufacturer, and that is highly unlikely. Is this correct? > > Therefore workarounds/mitigation options are: > > > > - wlanpoke - get neighbour to deactivate wifi 6 - aluminium foil around the radio (pseudo faraday cage to shield > from the neighbour's wifi) - use Ethernet instead of wifi (real shame - do not always have a > socket nearby, and for at least one radio I use the portability a > lot) - Vonet or similar, with a battery to make it portable > > > > > And then the final thing is to replace the radio (I can repurpose 2 of > my 3, but need a portable/wifi solution too) - but with what? I > cannot see myself moving away from squeezebox for now (this forum, and > the dedicated things some members do and provide is a major reason), I > have not seen anything better (for my needs) and have invested a bit > in it (1x SBC, 1x SBT, 3x Radios).
you did a great job of reading the various threads and summarizing :) My 2 cents (or p) - but not I do not have a wifi 6 router and don't have nearby neighbors, so I don't have the problem. But, I love my radios. I have many. I would not be inclined to give up on them. I'm still buying ones I don't need on ebay at the right price because there is a whole lot of value for $USD50. If it is your neighbor, it all comes down to increasing your wifi strength, or attenuating theirs. Or, as in the vonnets or ethernet, eliminating the vulnerable wifi of the radio. I think there is a vonnet that can be powered and in turn power the radio (another thread somewhere). But the portability thing isn't addressed. Wifi access points/repeaters near the radios have also been discussed, basically saturating/maxing your wifi signal that the radio sees. I have played around a bit with foil, and never had any luck, but others have, and since I am not affected, I didn't give it much effort. One thing to test, I think that Pomdev suggested it, is, if you have a basement, play your radio on wifi in your basement. Ground/soil is an excellent attenuator of 2.4GHz. An idea (and this just something I was dreaming I'd like to try to tackle) would be to extract the electronics of a vonnets or similar, modify it's power to accept the radio adaptor or battery power (add some buck or boost), and create a form factor that would stick in that crevice in the back of the radio, plugging into ethernet and power. Maybe use the headphone jack (pass through or just physical attachment of module to radio). Ideally in the given space, but maybe sticking out a bit (like a pod). But I have allot of ideas that just sit there :) Also, if you haven't, use something like wifi analyzer (android) to see what your radio is seeing in terms of your and neighbor's signal. I might even tell you what neighbor is the problem (by walking toward/away and watching the signal change) Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114775 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
