Most N capable routers have much better range than earlier B/G routers.
With my router where it is I can run my SB3 in the neighbor 2 doors down
garage with no problems.
Wireless networks biggest enemy is lots of metal and big solid objects
between you and the router. Having your router near or
The 802.11n standard supports two frequency bands - 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
The Squeezebox devices are 802.11g which works in the 2.4 GHz band.
Most 802.11n routers support 2.4 GHz while there some that are some
dual band devices that support 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. There are a small
number of 802.11n
If extended range is the primary reason for switching over to the N
router, consider getting a wireless extender.
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realcodeguy
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Am just moving to a new house where I will have a wireless N band
router. I have a Duet and a Radio (and previously had a G band
router). Will the SBoxes
work automatically on the N band or will I need to make any adjustments
to the router?
Also, as the point of having N band is to increase
You need to adjust the router to use G compatible mode.
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Mnyb
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office:
There is no easy way of updating the SB players network cards from G to
N.
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N routers, at least the ones with 3 antennas, do multipath, so I imagine
those would help with G clients.
If you need N, and I'd assume you need it for the range as you
certainly don't need the data rate for a SB, you can get a dd-wrt
capable router that does N, install dd-wrt, put it into
Steveyid;618433 Wrote:
Also, as the point of having N band is to increase range (to reach to
the bottom of the new garden) is there any way of 'upgrading' the Radio
to work on the stronger N band?
This article in the wiki may be of interest, especially question #3:
At this point I don't understand why they don't incorporate 802.11n into
the Squeezebox line. It isn't all that more expensive, and pretty mature
by now. I have a SBR on the way, and am running only 802.11n my Wi-Fi
network (all my other SQ units are hard wired), so I'm going to have to
fire up
Don't forget that all the models of SB current for sale were designed at
least two years ago (some of them much longer ago than that). Your
statements about N being cheap and mature weren't true back then.
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andynormancx
Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ?
I SAID
Yes all existing sb models was designed before the N standard was
finalized .
So all that existed then was N-draft hardware.
I assume that if a new product was designed they consider it.
Wonder if not the new products have onboard wifi chipset and not
removable. So existing hardware is what it
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