Big AAC;233695 Wrote: > Just tried moving the SB3 into another room and when encryption was > disabled i was getting a constant connection with signal strength > between 55-60% Worked flawlessly with both .mp3 stored on my hard > drive and streaming via AlienBBC. > > > Then i turned on MAC filtering (added the SB3 MAC address to the > trusted network and switched on access control via my router) and it > borked within 2 minutes, constantly losing connection (screen went > blank) and then either comes back and starts the tune again or merely > stalls altogether. > > > Totally bizarre but it seems ANY type of encryption/ filtering is > interferring with the signal/ connection. > > I'd like to try a static IP but in all honesty it seems a little beyond > me and the fact that it finds an IP address automatically leads me to > believe this may not solve anything??!? > > There is clearly something that it doesn't like and the fact that i > have found a setting which appears to work (albeit with WPA/WEP/MAC > filtering disabled)i am now determined to make it work, just hopefully > in a way that doesn't leave my wireless conection open for anybody to > use.
VERY odd! Have you got any other wireless devices you can try the encryption with (eg: laptop?) -- NeilF shuttle sn45g, athlon 3200+, 512mb, xp pro (sp2), netgear dg834gt, squeeze box 3 slimserver version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - windows xp - en - cp1252, perl version: 5.8.8 mswin32-x86-multi-thread, mysql version: 5.0.22-community-nt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NeilF's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13059 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39088 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
