Re: [slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-11 Thread utowana
SuperQ: I decided to teach my daughter about the scientific method and I went and changed two things at once: I shifted the router about 10 degrees (moved the antenna) and changed to channel 2 on the router. So far, 2 flawless evenings of connectivity. My daughter asked which change made the d

Re: [slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-10 Thread nacmacfeegle
I use a couple of Devolo Homeplugs to connect an SB3 to my router, it works fine even though the two ends of the 'wired' network are on separate circuits in the house. This may a solution for the original poster. -- nacmacfeegle Crusty old Dell>Netgear router>homplug> Kitchen --- SB3>AEgo M C

Re: [slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-10 Thread morris_minor
I believe some people use homeplug products for getting wired connections around the house. http://www.homeplug.org/products/ I don't know what the performance is like - perhaps someone would like to comment? -- morris_minor

Re: [slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-09 Thread utowana
Thanks SuperQ. Will try and get back with results. -- utowana utowana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44476 ___

Re: [slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-09 Thread SuperQ
The signal strength meter tells you how much signal you're getting, but it won't tell you if you're "dropping packets". You should run the network test plugin from the SB3 and it will tell you how many packets are getting through. I don't remember if this is the case with the signal strength on

[slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-09 Thread utowana
I have a problem that just does not seem to go away. I have a 3 SB household, two of which (one wired and one wireless) stream effectively and in an uninterrupted way. The third, located furthest away from my Belkin Pre-N wireless router, takes as long as a minute to start playing (I load someth