relayer wrote: > We are looking to purchase a new router to handle the WiFi in our house, > and I was wondering if anyone knows if any of the new "mesh" router > systems work well with LMS and Squeezeboxes. We have 3 Touches, 1 > Classic, and 1 Radio, and I'd hate to suddenly lose functionality after > upgrading to a new router. We had been using an old Netgear router and > range extender, which worked pretty well, but the mesh systems seem to > be all the rage now. > > Is anyone successfully using Google WiFi, Netgear Orbi, or any of the > similar ones (Linksys Velop, Eero) with their Squeezeboxes? Any issues > to be aware of? It seems that some or all of them somehow combine the > 2.4- and 5-GHz channels instead of having them appear as separate > networks; I'm not sure if that would matter or not to the Squeezeboxes. > Also, does the iPeng app still work okay? I sometimes have a hard time > getting it to recognize the boxes unless I switch to a different > network. With the router and extender, there are four altogether (2.4, > 5.0, 2.4_ext, 5.0_ext). It would be nice to have it all combined into a > single network. > > Thanks for any info you can share! > > David
I use a Netgear nighthawk x6 r8000. Not cheap but handles everything smoothly. Both heavy video and audio streaming at the same time. Can only recommend this one. Callesoroe Living room: Transporter, Tact RCS 2.2X digital preamp, Martin Logan Vista speakers, AMPS(Icepower): Acoustic Reality Ear Enigma PLUS(PANELS), Acoustic Reality Ear TWO MKII(Bas) Kitchen: Receiver - S.M.S.L DAC, Prodipe Pro 5 active bi-amp speakers. Bedroom: Receiver+UE boombox, Kids: Receiver+Active speakers, Office: Transporter, JBL LSR305 active speakers , TIDAL HIFI flac streaming. http://www.last.fm/user/callesoroe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ callesoroe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109101 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
