I'd like to report some persistent trouble with getting a Squeezebox3 set up with a Netgear WGU624 double 108Mbps wireless router.
SB3 is able to see my home network based on the WGU624, but when the SB3 requests an IP address after connecting to the network, it always gets assigned an IP address in the range of 169.254.xxx.yyy, after which SB3 fails to connect to my SlimServer PC or to SqueezeNetwork. Switching from DHCP to static IP setting also does not work. I have tried varying the 11g settings on the WGU624 (11g only, auto108Mbps, etc.) to no avail. Next, I switched to a LinkSys WRT55AG v2 router, reset the SB3 to factory defaults, went through the setup again and everything started working. I suspect the key difference is that with the WRT55AG, SB3 will pick up an IP address within the expected range, i.e. 192.168.1.xxx, and SB3 can talk to both a SlimServer PC or to SqueezeNetwork. Since different router brands yielded different results with the same SB3, I currently assume there may be something wrong with the Netgear WGU624, specifically with its DHCP server on the LAN side. Both the WGU624 and WRT55AG were set up with identical 128-bit WEP keys. I do plan to contact Netgear support to bring up this issue, and I do have access to even more router models to experiment with, but meanwhile I have some questions: 1. What wireless network device name does SB3 use? In other words, if I display the DHCP client table on the wireless router, what should I see as the device name for SB3? Also, is the SB3 device name user-controllable? 2. Is SB3 based on the same Atheros 11g radio as SB2? If so, is there any chance SB3 can be firmware upgraded to support Atheros Super-G (108Mbps)? I suppose the answer will depend on whether the SB3 11g radio hardware is Super-G capable in the first place. Thanks! -- scan80269 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ scan80269's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2739 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19000 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
