That's a very detailed and helpful reply. My music sits on a netbook connected to a portable HD at present, which is using a wireless connection to the Broadband router, so my setup is totally wireless at present, but the netbook is in the same room as the router, so no problems so far :-) You suggest avoiding a totally wireless setup but as I say, no probs to report so far, even with streaming of FLACs...
iPhone;449165 Wrote: > Hello and welcome to the Forum and the wonderful world of Squeezebox. > > Do you need to use Ethernet that close to the WAP, of course not. But > ifs its no trouble to use Ethernet (IE not walls to go through, cables > exposed) why not use Ethernet? In almost ever case there will be > absolutely no difference (there would have to be extreme interference > causing actual audio dropouts), but if the Ethernet wire isn't an issue > (unsightly, need to drill a hole, exposed, etc) then why not use it? It > will always eliminate EVER having any problem with WiFi. Personally, I > Ethernet ever player possible. > > That way if a neighbor changes to ones WiFi channel and puts in a > parabolic antenna to get wireless to the far end of his house with it > pointing right at ones WAP, one doesn't and won't have any interference > issues on the Ethernet players. > > If your asking if there is a sound quality difference between WiFi and > Ethernet, in my opinion there is not. A packet is a packet is a packet! > Of course this assumes that the WiFi is problem free. > > One big question: Is your Wireless Router wired to the server? If it is > not, then the setup will be doing double hops which in my opinion is not > the optimum setup. Sure it works, but I always stay away from wireless > from Server to wireless router to WiFi Squeezebox. -- Hawkmoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hawkmoon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32266 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66740 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezenetwork
