[slim] Re: Erratic display after installing voice adapter
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Well, which firmware was it? I'm using DD-WRT v23. Seems to be very Slim-friendly. :-) Glad you solved your problems! Thanks! Right now I'm sticking with WRT54GS/GL HyperWRT + Thibor. http://www.thibor.co.uk/ I guess it's a combined version of HyperWRT and Thibor. My friend recommended it after great success using it's QOS functionality with his Vonage VOIP adapter. Unfortunately I have not yet been able to convince him to get a Squeezebox... :( Thanks again for all your suggestions. -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20010 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Erratic display after installing voice adapter
Thought I'd post a quick update... I'm happy to report I've resolved my network problem. Unfortuantly I'm not exactly sure what did the trick. I was trying countless configurations. I had nearly given up when I noticed one of my squeeze boxes was no longer acting weird. I decided to try swapping ports (a working with a nonworking SB) and after a router powercycle everything was working. Odd, yes. But I'm not going to complain or tinker any more. I'm not sure if it mattered or not, but I also tried another nonLinksys firmware. For those of you with Linksys WRT54G series routers you should check out some of the other firmwares out there. They add quite a few new features that are typically only found on much more expensive routers. It also allows you to telnet into the router (it's actually running Linux!). Cheers Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20010 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Erratic display after installing voice adapter
Well, which firmware was it? I'm using DD-WRT v23. Seems to be very Slim-friendly. :-) Glad you solved your problems! --- GoCubs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odd, yes. But I'm not going to complain or tinker any more. I'm not sure if it mattered or not, but I also tried another nonLinksys firmware. For those of you with Linksys WRT54G series routers you should check out some of the other firmwares out there. They add quite a few new features that are typically only found on much more expensive routers. It also allows you to telnet into the router (it's actually running Linux!). __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Erratic display after installing voice adapter
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Is the DateTime screensaver connected to SqueezeNetwork or to your SlimServer? If it's to SlimServer, that's a separate issue, but if it's to SqueezeNetwork, read on. At first I composed a lengthy discussion about getting your DSL modem into bridge mode (as opposed to router mode) to ensure that your voice adapter is using one WAN IP and your router another, but then I realized that separate IPs may not matter in terms of bandwidth...they are both going through the same pipe, your DSL connection. Your total bandwidth likely has not changed, even though you now have two separate straws to suck bandwidth up the same pipe. What's probably happening - the Mororola voice adapter always assures it has service using QoS - Quality of Service, which reserves a certain portion of the bandwidth. The intention is to ensure you do not have a drop out during a phone call when you're downloading something. QoS will throttle down other traffic to ensure that the voice adapter always has bandwidth. The Squeezebox doesn't use a lot of bandwidth in standby, but it does use it repeatedly with the DateTime screensaver. You're probably seeing QoS interrupting it, although that's not the intention and it seems over-aggressive. Are there any QoS parameters you can change? Can SpeakEasy help you out? With a download or a SqueezeNetwork stream, QoS should merely throttle the speed down somewhat to ensure service. I don't know how the DateTime screensaver works, but it seems to require a burst of data every second. Perhaps the process is sensitive to speed reductions? Do downloads and SqueezeNetwork streams work OK? Mark- Thanks for the detailed response. I currently have my own dedicated overpowered server connected to the router that I use (I'm not using SqueezeNetwork). The weird thing is this is happening to my local traffic, even when I'm not sending anything over the DSL line. I would think a switch would isolate that traffic. I manually logged into the voice adapter and it is set in bridge mode with a different static ip. My initial call to SpeakEasy resulted in them telling me to call Linksys. Weak. :( -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20010 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Erratic display after installing voice adapter
Yes, that is quite bizarre. It should not be even seeing your LAN traffic! So it looks like it's doing something upstream to your Linksys router. What that would be...hard to say. Does this behaviour happen when your router is isolated from the voice adapter? Unplug it from the voice adapter. If it still does this, we can limit our investigation to just the router and the voice adapter is a red herring. Can you play music on your Squeezebox from your SlimServer? I've never used a packet sniffer before, but this might be a situation where it comes in handy. Ethereal is the one I see most often recommended: http://www.ethereal.com/ GoCubs wrote: Mark Lanctot Wrote: Is the DateTime screensaver connected to SqueezeNetwork or to your SlimServer? If it's to SlimServer, that's a separate issue, but if it's to SqueezeNetwork, read on. At first I composed a lengthy discussion about getting your DSL modem into bridge mode (as opposed to router mode) to ensure that your voice adapter is using one WAN IP and your router another, but then I realized that separate IPs may not matter in terms of bandwidth...they are both going through the same pipe, your DSL connection. Your total bandwidth likely has not changed, even though you now have two separate straws to suck bandwidth up the same pipe. What's probably happening - the Mororola voice adapter always assures it has service using QoS - Quality of Service, which reserves a certain portion of the bandwidth. The intention is to ensure you do not have a drop out during a phone call when you're downloading something. QoS will throttle down other traffic to ensure that the voice adapter always has bandwidth. The Squeezebox doesn't use a lot of bandwidth in standby, but it does use it repeatedly with the DateTime screensaver. You're probably seeing QoS interrupting it, although that's not the intention and it seems over-aggressive. Are there any QoS parameters you can change? Can SpeakEasy help you out? With a download or a SqueezeNetwork stream, QoS should merely throttle the speed down somewhat to ensure service. I don't know how the DateTime screensaver works, but it seems to require a burst of data every second. Perhaps the process is sensitive to speed reductions? Do downloads and SqueezeNetwork streams work OK? Mark- Thanks for the detailed response. I currently have my own dedicated overpowered server connected to the router that I use (I'm not using SqueezeNetwork). The weird thing is this is happening to my local traffic, even when I'm not sending anything over the DSL line. I would think a switch would isolate that traffic. I manually logged into the voice adapter and it is set in bridge mode with a different static ip. My initial call to SpeakEasy resulted in them telling me to call Linksys. Weak. :( -Greg -- ___ Mark Lanctot ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
