[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Lanctot
nicketynick Wrote: > Thanks, Mark, I'll update tonight and try it out (if the boss lets me > have a free minute - she's having a girls-weekend, so guess who has a > whack of chores to do!) Ah - whoops! I got my models of router confused. It works fine with the SMC2804WBRP-G router now. I don'

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-04-06 Thread nicketynick
Thanks, Mark, I'll update tonight and try it out (if the boss lets me have a free minute - she's having a girls-weekend, so guess who has a whack of chores to do!) -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Lanctot
BTW this problem is resolved 100% with the latest SB firmware, firmware 37. Works with no encryption and WPA-TKIP. I didn't test WEP. It even works with "g nitro" enabled! Thanks Richard! -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-16 Thread nicketynick
bpa Wrote: > I have an Intel 2200BG card which resulted in spurious disconnects to my > Linux server - turned out to be power mangement in the laptop reducing > wireless signal. I don't know about the SMC card > I'll check power management again - maybe there is something in there > set for 100

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-16 Thread bpa
I have an Intel 2200BG card which resulted in spurious disconnects to my Linux server - turned out to be power mangement in the laptop reducing wireless signal. I don't know about the SMC card AFAIK WPA results in a small reduction in bandwidth - since both server and SB3 are connected by wirele

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-16 Thread nicketynick
It is the SMC WCB-G - I've been pleased with it so far. One thing I like is that it tells you signal strength as well as 'link quality', so it helps with identifying issues. For example, last night the SB actually started 'stuttering' - I currently have the laptop near the unit while I'm troubles

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-16 Thread bpa
If your server is on a laptop and the laptop uses wireless to the router - what wireless card is in the laptop ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.sl

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-16 Thread nicketynick
To reiterate, the problems I am seeing are on the above configuration. Note that the firmware is fixed at version 21 to match up with the slimserver version, as advised by kdf. I have begun thinking that it may be a server problem, as I have observed that the wireless stops transmitting from th

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-15 Thread nicketynick
Well, let's just say I'm pretty sure I've got better chance at getting help from them than the folks at SMC! Funny that the 2804 got 20 firmware updates - the WBR14g hasn't had a single one! I've seen plenty of complaints of flaky performance with the WRT54g, so I'm not even dead confident on tha

Re: [slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-15 Thread Mark Lanctot
nicketynick wrote: > LOL - thanks Mark, I've been kind of figuring I was pushing my luck. > I just don't see why it should be so flaky - IIRC SMC uses the same > chipsets as Linksys, so why so different? SMC doesn't know how to write firmware? This isn't as flippant as it sounds. Certain firmwa

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-15 Thread nicketynick
LOL - thanks Mark, I've been kind of figuring I was pushing my luck. I just don't see why it should be so flaky - IIRC SMC uses the same chipsets as Linksys, so why so different? Here's the latest info: the SB3 does reconnect to the router every 20 seconds or so after a failure, but somehow still

Re: [slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-15 Thread Mark Lanctot
Most of us just gave up trying to get SMC products to work with the Squeezebox. I won't go right out and say "you're on your own" but you have made it further than anyone else working with SMC products and you're on the far end of the diving board right now. :-) When I was troubleshooting it

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-15 Thread nicketynick
On further thought, its not actually powering off, it just doesn't have anything to display since it has lost its connection. Checking the router log, the SB3 keeps re-connecting (to the router), but for some reason seems unable to re-establish the connection to the server and resume playing. Al

[slim] Re: Results with SMCWBR14g router

2006-01-15 Thread nicketynick
For some reason the SB3 just loses its connection and powers off. Turning it back on, the only way to get it to reconnect with the server is to go all the way through the network setup, which is easier with the 'manual ip address' vs. DHCP, because it seems to be reluctant to get a proper ip addre