Re: [slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-26 Thread jsunandmax
couple things: - yep, i'm in USA so EoP useless. to bukharin: When i setup the DWL-G700AP, i used installation software that had me setup 'which' network it was supposed to extend. It knows its an AP for my primary network (see the boost in signal from ~40% to 98%). I can even get it to carry

Re: [slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-26 Thread bukharin
If you leave the DWL-G700AP with its default settings, it's trying to act as a competing access point (ie competing with your original one). Think of it like your neighbour's AP - there's no way for it to know that it's supposed to be boosting the signal of the first AP. Thus, the squeezebox would

Re: [slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-26 Thread lyteroptes
I use one of these ( I think it is a HWUR54)G and got far better results than with EoP :-) I've used with 1 Netgear wireless router and some other WAP attached to a wired router. It seems to get lousy reviews but luckily I didn't see those before I bought it. It needed a firmware update for the

Re: [slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-25 Thread Millwood
I don't know about your 700AP. But it appears it may have some router capabilities. You don't want that for a second access point. I use a router as a second access point. The trick is to turn off DHCP, and then to connect NOTHING to the WAN port. You connect an ether cable from one of the la

Re: [slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-24 Thread Mark Lanctot
You're going to need a big boost. Check out amplified/directional antennas. Also open-source firmware like DD-WRT on the Linksys WRT54GL can be used to: - turn up transmit power - turn the router into a WAP. I'm not sure if it's more compatible with the Squeezebox, but it's more flexible and

Re: [slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-24 Thread Peter
jsunandmax wrote: > I'm hoping some of the wireless gurus here can help me. Here is my > situation: > > latest SS running on a Infrant ReadyNAS connected to a Win2K (I > know...ancient) PC. I have a D-Link DIR-655 Router. I have a > Squeezebox in bedroom (about 20') away with average signal stre

[slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-24 Thread jsunandmax
I'm hoping some of the wireless gurus here can help me. Here is my situation: latest SS running on a Infrant ReadyNAS connected to a Win2K (I know...ancient) PC. I have a D-Link DIR-655 Router. I have a Squeezebox in bedroom (about 20') away with average signal strength of about 70% and it wor

[slim] Help! Wireless Nightmare - music trapped on computer!

2007-04-24 Thread jsunandmax
I'm hoping some of the wireless gurus here can help me. Here is my situation: latest SS running on a Infrant ReadyNAS connected to a Win2K (I know...ancient) PC. I have a D-Link DIR-655 Router. I have a Squeezebox in bedroom (about 20') away with average signal strength of about 70% and it wor