[slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-15 Thread poulsen11
Ive been having a lot of problems getting my SBC to STAY connnected to my Wifi network. SBC=Squeezebox controller SBR=Squeezebox receiver Here is my original setup: 1 SBC 1 SBR Squeezecenter 7.0 on a Windows XP computer with Windows Firewall ON and ports opened specifically for squeezecenter.

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-16 Thread Doukg Walch
Here's a test I did that, in my mind points to either the player or the software. I'm running wireless and also have dropped connections, or drop outs. When I say wireless, I'm connected using two linksys wrt54gls, on of which is in bridge mode. This was done after having just one wrt56gl. I in

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-16 Thread poulsen11
I am still in the long slow process of debugging this situation. I turned off wireless security on my router as i mentioned in my post above, and thought that had improved the situation, however about 1 hour after having done the factory reset with the new security disabled wireless, the drop-out

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-16 Thread Zaragon
Since you say that setting up the SBR in bridge mode (I assume you mean ad-hoc) with the controller accessing the network via the SBR and it works without a problem, then this, to my mind, points the issue at your wireless router. If you really do mean bridge mode, the SBR is accessing the networ

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-16 Thread poulsen11
Zaragon, First of all, thanks for the response. When i said 'bridged mode' in a previous post i was referring to the setup where the SBR is wired and the SBC connects directly to the SBR via ad-hoc network. Sorry if i confused things by saying bridged mode below. This situation does take the w

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-16 Thread Zaragon
I understand what you mean. However, when you were using the Ad-hoc mode (what you called bridging) the SBR is providing the wireless interface that the SBC is connecting to. In this mode the SBR is also using less wireless power than it would do communicating with a access point. I believe you sa

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-16 Thread Llevar
I am having the same problem. Haven't had time to do much about trying to solve it but at least it's good to know that I'm not alone. What router are you using? Mine is the Linksys DIR-655. -- Llevar Llevar's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Problems Keeping SBC Connected via wireless

2008-03-30 Thread poulsen11
I just wanted to follow up to ensure that everyone knew what the issue was with my setup in case others are having similar problems. It turns out that the problem was my wireless router. Despite the fact that the SBR was connecting fine and streaming fine from the Squeezecenter server on my pc a