Nick_G;654211 Wrote:
...and because it's the most convenient solution for people like me who
use it to listen to streaming services. It should be a given that you
can connect to a remote server directly; it's a feature of all internet
streaming devices. Otherwise, why have it in the first
I've come back from work after leaving the Touch unplugged all day,
switched it on and found it very slow at connecting. In fact the second
time I tried to connect via MySB I just got the spinning cursor. Third
time I get 'Bad Gateway' and sure enough, on the Mac when I try to
refresh MySB
OK - now I can connect on the Mac - time to try on the Touch...
...'We could not connect to MySqueezebox.com'!
This really needs to be sorted out!
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Nope - it's lost the connection to MySB again, on the Touch and the
Mac
It's like a constant battle of wills between myself and this damn
Squeezebox.
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Nick_G;654118 Wrote:
Nope - it's lost the connection to MySB again, on the Touch and the
Mac
It's like a constant battle of wills between myself and this damn
Squeezebox.
Given the intermittent problems, I still think you have a network
issue. Have you tried to give the TOUCH a static
garym;654125 Wrote:
Given the intermittent problems, I still think you have a network issue.
Have you tried to give the TOUCH a static (fixed) IP address (not a
reserved DHCP address).
1. Temporarily turn off your DHCP server in router. (may need to then
reboot router)
2. unplug then
Nick_G;654162 Wrote:
Thanks Gary.
Are you saying that if the last number in the IP address is less than
100 then it is fixed? If so then mine is fixed. I have the same IP
address appearing in the Squeezebox Server Status page as I do in the
Networking pane in System Preferences on the
garym;654125 Wrote:
Given the intermittent problems, I still think you have a network issue.
Have you tried to give the TOUCH a static (fixed) IP address (not a
reserved DHCP address).
Then again, you haven't been treated to the european MSB experience.
It's the definition of intermittent.
garym;654164 Wrote:
I'm not on a mac, so not sure, but I'm thinking the SbS status page is
showing the IP address of the computer running SbS (your MAC). This is
different from the IP address of the SB Touch itself.
most routers I know of have an address of something like 192.168.1.1 or
alfista;654166 Wrote:
Then again, you haven't been treated to the european MSB experience.
It's the definition of intermittent. From a computer on ethernet I can
sometimes access the web page, my SB3 is freqently disconnected for
longer or shorter periods, if I use the diagnostic feature of
Nick_G;654167 Wrote:
The router is an Orange Livebox. My IP address fits those criteria that
you mention above: above .1, and below .100, and therefore outside the
DHCP range. So I'm concluding that I already do have a fixed IP
address.
And yes, that url above does access my router.
Sometimes it can even be country specific or isp specific ?
A lot of people have trouble tonigth, but the website is still up from
where I'm at
I can use shoutcast via mysb.com with SqueezePad in a hotell room with
thier shodddy wifi rigth now ?
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garym;654171 Wrote:
hmmm, odd that the touch would have a fixed IP without you having given
it one. It wouldn't have been automatic. But in any case, a quick
search of the forum led me to lots of posts that complain about issues
with using the Orange Livebox. And the IP address is not
And would you believe it - just after my PS note above, the Touch has
gone to standby and lost MySB again. I can still access it via the web
though.
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Nick_G;654177 Wrote:
That is what I was thinking Gary.
The most reliable way of getting a consistent experience on the Touch
at present is by using my local SBS, but that means having the computer
awake, and also 99.95% of my Favourites are stored on MySB (about 280).
I just wish
And then even the Mac stopped accessing MySB Favourites for a minute or
so. Definitely still very flaky.
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Given this seems a Europe issue - would this work do a factory
reset (painful, I know) then in the setup choose the US servers. I
guess because we are in EU we just choose Europe.
Anybody tried that - what happens?
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The most reliable way of getting a consistent experience on the Touch
at present is by using my local SBS, but that means having the computer
awake, and also 99.95% of my Favourites are stored on MySB
If you have mysqueezebox.com integration on and your login set in your
local server (
Nick_G;654188 Wrote:
And then even the Mac stopped accessing MySB Favourites for a minute or
so. Definitely still very flaky.
hate to say it, but a vortexbox appliance (or equivalent headless unit
stuck in a back closet somewhere) is a very nice investment. On 24/7.
About $20 electric cost to
Mnyb;654191 Wrote:
For reasons unknown to me mysb.com can be a resoanable stable
background service for the local server at the same time it's knackered
on direct contact ?
Yes, very good point. The only time I remember mysb.com being down in
the states for me (maybe a couple of decembers
Well, I've got triple redundancy then - two win7 servers, and one linux
arm tablet.
Still, I just hate it when there's a significant feature which just
doesn't work!
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Mnyb;654191 Wrote:
The most reliable way of getting a consistent experience on the Touch
at present is by using my local SBS, but that means having the computer
awake, and also 99.95% of my Favourites are stored on MySB
If you have mysqueezebox.com integration on and your login set in
garym;654195 Wrote:
Yes, very good point. The only time I remember mysb.com being down in
the states for me (maybe a couple of decembers ago), I switched to SbS
and everything worked fine (even the services that needed the mysb.com
backend to work). So using mysb.com directly and having SbS,
Nick_G;654198 Wrote:
Exactly - I can access it via SBS on the Touch but if I try to go direct
it doesn't want to know.
Why is this?
I wish I knew...
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System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.5) SbS 7.5.4 Transporter, Touch,
Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio)
System 2:
castalla;654196 Wrote:
Well, I've got triple redundancy then - two win7 servers, and one linux
arm tablet.
Then why are you ever connecting directly to mysb.com? In 'another
post'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=653985#post653985) you
said something about doing it for the
garym;654183 Wrote:
And yes, use of SbS 24/7 solves LOTS of problems I think.
Undoubtedly, it's however not reasonable to expect those who only use
their systems for listening to online content (web radio, Spotify et
al) to install and maintain SBS. And since SBS relies on MSB to provide
access
aubuti;654201 Wrote:
then why are you ever connecting directly to mysb.com? In 'another post'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=653985#post653985) you
said something about doing it for the non-geek members of the family,
but it seems to me the best favor you could do them (and
aubuti;654201 Wrote:
Then why are you ever connecting directly to mysb.com?
... err, like Everest, because it is there!
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... err, like Everest, because it is there!
So you can beat your head against the wall, trying to bust open a hole
to get outside or you can go through the open door nearby. But you keep
trying the wall approach because it must be possible. Oh well,
everyone needs
garym;654210 Wrote:
So you can beat your head against the wall, trying to bust open a hole
to get outside or you can go through the open door nearby. But you keep
trying the wall approach because it must be possible. Oh well,
everyone needs their hobbies. ;-)
...and because it's the
Well, this evening's TV schedule is utter tat ... gotta fill in the
abyss somehow!
If the greedy part-time capitalists hadn't scooped all the 99$ HP
Touchpads (and reselling for 250) then I could have been wrangling with
their operating system! Gr.
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Nick_G;654211 Wrote:
...and because it's the most convenient solution for people like me who
use it to listen to streaming services. It should be a given that you
can connect to MySB directly, otherwise, why have it in the first
place?
Regards,
Nick
I don't disagree with you. My comment
castalla;654233 Wrote:
...now, don't get me started on Toasters!
Actually, toaster is probably a bad example. My wife tells me that she
can't replace our old toaster because all of the new ones she buys
just don't work right ;-)
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System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.5) SbS 7.5.4
garym;654224 Wrote:
the toaster level (plug it in and it works).
...now, don't get me started on Toasters!
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Never understood what was wrong with the old coal fire and a toasting
fork (plus burnt fingers).
All these new-fangled gadgets, eh?
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simonjedrake;653718 Wrote:
Nick.
All my prevoius SB issues in the early days were all related to local
wifi issues, as soon as I changed to using powerplugs on those SB
devices in low signal parts of my house all the connectivity issues
went away - and for many years I have have had a rock
Actually thinking about this, I seem to recall that when this problem
occurs the Touch will often work OK when I switch to the Mac LAN,
although sometimes it still refused to connect to MySB Favourites. But
I think I could still access Favourites stored on the LAN. So I'm not
sure it's as simple
Nick_G;653819 Wrote:
OK thanks for the advice. I just checked the Wi-Fi signal strength just
now and it was showing between 83-90% which seems pretty good to me.
Next time it loses the network I'll have another look.
Regards,
Nick
did you also use some program like netstumbler (or
OK - just woke up the Touch after being on standby for several hours.
Back at the top-level menu again with 'Favourites' missing. Checked
wireless signal - showed 68% which then jumped to 80%. I can access
streams using Tunein, but not MysB Favourites. Also, it had lost the
name of the Touch and
Further to my last post it sounds very similar to the problem being
posted on the official Logitech forum in this thread:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/Mysqueezebox-com-as-reliable-as-a-dodgy-used-car-dealer/td-p/676664
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As far as I can tell, it's an interaction between the msb.com route and
the latest firmware ... I never saw these issues with earlier firmware.
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Thanks castalla. Your problem sounds very similar to mine, especially
the Touch reverting to 'nil'. I also don't think it's as simple as
wireless problems. If so, when nothing works via MySB, then why does
the Touch work when I connect to my LAN?
And, quelle surprise, everything back to normal
Well, as Logitech Support Specialists suggest you could always 'phone
tech support and explain your problem! May as well tie up even more
telecomms lines going round in ever-decreasing circles
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castalla;653935 Wrote:
Well, as Logitech Support Specialists suggest you could always 'phone
tech support and explain your problem! May as well tie up even more
telecomms lines going round in ever-decreasing circles
Oh dear...
Left it playing a little earlier and just seen that it had
Neither do I
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Once again - I wake up the Touch to find it at the top-level menu
instead of the stream I was last listening to, and see that the
Favourites option has disappeared from the menu.
I've just unplugged. I can't be bothered to fiddle around with it.
Totally fed up with these glitches and am thinking
Well I unplugged it for about half an hour and rebooted, and everything
seemed fine.
However, an hour later, I'm back to square one with the Favourites gone
from the menu and most items unusable. What the hell is going on?!
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Don't recall your setup, but could you connect it to your Router via
ethernet (just temporarily as a test). You'll have to change the setup
from WIFI to ethernet when you do that, it is not automatic from just
plugging in the cable). This will test whether the issue is your
player, mysb.com, or
garym;653664 Wrote:
Don't recall your setup, but could you connect it to your Router via
ethernet (just temporarily as a test). You'll have to change the setup
from WIFI to ethernet when you do that, it is not automatic from just
plugging in the cable). This will test whether the issue is
Related or not I just got back home finding 2 Booms and 1 SB3 stuck at
cannot connect screen and had to be powercycled. No response to
button presses or remote. Receiver was fine though. This is getting
worse by the minute I'm afraid.
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Nick_G;653677 Wrote:
I do still wonder if it's connected with the bugs in SBS 7.6.
Could be but I'd put my money on something in your local setup that is
hurting the signal. (otherwise there'd be a LOT more complaints...many
people have 7.6.1 working very well).
What WIFI signal strength
garym;653700 Wrote:
Could be but I'd put my money on something in your local setup that is
hurting the signal. (otherwise there'd be a LOT more complaints...many
people have 7.6.1 working very well).
What WIFI signal strength does the player report? Also, use something
like NetStumbler
Here we go again... 'Gsteway Time Out' when I try to access my
Favourites on MysB.
I'm getting fed up with this.
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Working OK here in Ireland connecting EU West using SB3. It was a bit
slow to connect at first.
Are using Touch/Radio or older player ?
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bpa;653231 Wrote:
Working OK here in Ireland connecting EU West using SB3. It was a bit
slow to connect at first.
Are using Touch/Radio or older player ?
I'm using a Touch.
What's even more infuriating is I can access my MySB Favourites page
on the Mac, but the Touch refuses to connect.
OK, it's resolved itself now after leaving the Touch unplugged for a few
minutes and rebooting.
Initially when the menu started playing up on the Touch I couldn't
connect using the Mac. However, it seemed to be a fleeting glitch, and,
although it worked fine on the computer, for several minutes
Thanks.
It actually seemed to sort itself out after I'd switched over to the
LAN and then switch back to MySB.
But I've just come home to find that 'Favourites' has disappeared from
the top-level menu again. Just unplugged it and hopefully it'll be back
in the list when I reboot it...
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Well I *think* that there's a problem with MySB as I was getting 'Bad
Gateway' and 'Gateway Timeout' errors a few minutes ago when trying to
access my Favourites which are on MySB.
The Squeezebox works when connected to the LAN and at present it can
access the MySB Favourites via the LAN but it
can you goto the homepage ? It's a giveaway if you can not go to
mysqueezebox.com with the browser
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Mnyb;652782 Wrote:
can you goto the homepage ? It's a giveaway if you can not go to
mysqueezebox.com with the browser
Well it sorted itself out again after a second reboot. I'm not liking
the frequency of this erratic behaviour though. It may be an
unfortunate coincidence but it seems to have
I was just listening to a stream on my Squeezebox Touch a few minutes
ago and it suddenly switched itself to standby, showing the clock
display. When I woke it up I found that it couldn't connect to my
Favourites, with the spinning cursor just going nowhere.
I unplugged it and left it for a few
Nick_G;652166 Wrote:
I was just listening to a stream on my Squeezebox Touch a few minutes
ago and it suddenly switched itself to standby, showing the clock
display. When I woke it up I found that it couldn't connect to my
Favourites, with the spinning cursor just going nowhere.
I
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