Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-21 Thread garym
Inscrutable;664612 Wrote: . All that said, do you see a problem with the SS version and firmware versions on the various machines? BTW, besides the WOL issue, I am now having lots of 'rebuffering' issues ... could that be a symptom of this bass-ackwards setup I have? probably your setup

Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-21 Thread garym
Also, have you used something like netstumbler or vistumbler to see what other wifi networks are nearby and the channels they are using? You should use a channel that is not in use nearby if possible to prevent wifi interference -- garym Location 1: Vortexbox Appliance 6TB (1.10) SbS

Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-21 Thread Inscrutable
garym;664658 Wrote: probably your setup is the issue. I'm not having problems with 7.6.1 or 7.6.2 or 7.7.0 on WIN7(64) or vortexbox (linux) setups..I have 64bit Win7 ... would you recommend the latest 7.7.0 ? garym;664658 Wrote: edit: odd that your players have different firmware even

Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-21 Thread garym
if you're having buffering problems, it is not likely related to the use of 7.6.x. There's something else going on. I doubt 7.7 would solve this issue for you and I wouldn't recommend using it yet as your main server (I only use 7.7 for a bit of test on my office machinenot where it really

[slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-20 Thread Inscrutable
OK, running 2 classic SB3 off a Win7 PC server. Seem to always have problems connecting to server after a power down or sleep. Was running 7.5.4, then updated to 7.6.2 ... that caused a continuous 'rebuffering' every 5 or 10 seconds, so rolled back. The SB3's have two different firmwares - one is

Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-20 Thread Mnyb
Ideally it should be the other way around wired server ? what if server goes to sleep wifi may be disconnected ? Player can send WOL (wake on lan) to wake a sleeping server but that only works if the server is wired, there is almost no wifi cards that supports WOL. So if the server goes to

Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-20 Thread Mnyb
Of course an all wired or mixed setup is also good , I have wired server 3 wired players and one wifi player one controller and one iPad -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x

Re: [slim] Problems acquiring maintaining connection to server

2011-10-20 Thread Inscrutable
Yeah, I used to have it wired, but we moved our office around, and now the main computer/server is in a room that I screwed up and didn't bring cat 5 to. I am probably going to have to rebuild one of my old carcasses into a server and stick it in another room with wired access. Can't really move