(NB This may not be true in the USA) I don't know whether this is
going to be useful or not, but it might be worth bearing in mind that
there is available (at least in the UK) a 7-way short extension lead/
gang with four ethernet over mains ports in it. That's enough ethernet
ports for
Thanks for the additional information. I hadn't thought about using
airport expresses in conjunction with the powerline adapters to expand
the network for simple wireless SB use.
I read a lot on routers last night. Basically, every router I read
about has people that love it and people that hate
Well I feel like an idiot. They say it takes a real man to admit his
mistakes. I moved my time capsule to the hallway where our router is. I
plugged it in just to see how weak the signal is from upstairs to
downstairs. In the process of messing around with the settings on the
time capsule, I see
As some of you may have read in the Touch forum, we live in a house that
is a total nightmare when it comes to WiFi. While the house is only
about 1600 sq/ft, the WiFi signal from the second floor down to the
first floor is pretty weak. The house is a rental so I am unable to run
Cat5 cable
I didn't read your entire post, but may I ask why are you so stuck on
the WRT54GL? I have one and like it fine (running DD-WRT) but
compared to newer 'N' routers, the range will be limited. Thankfully
not an issue for me.
Ben
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Thanks for the response. Basically, I like the router with DD-WRT
because it is fairly inexpensive and versatile. Even more, I know they
work in this house. Rather than start over trying to find a router that
will work in our home, I figure I would stick with what I know works.
The other issue is
One suggestion- your server PC should be hard-wired to the router, if at
all possible. If not, when you setup your Squeeze system, you will be
trying to make double-hop... PC/Server -wireless-- Router --wireless--
Squeezbox Player. Even with powerline adapters, I believe they have
reduced
I understand what you're saying, but it's pretty well-established that
an N router will improve range even if all of your devices are G-only.
Ben
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Ben Sandee;476064 Wrote:
I understand what you're saying, but it's pretty well-established that
an N router will improve range even if all of your devices are G-only.
Ben
If that is true, I would much rather pick up a dual-band router and try
that before going to powerlines. I guess I have
I turned on the Soundbridge and then moved my router around upstairs to
see the impact on my network. Moving the router to the office caused the
soundbridge to drop off occasionally. I ended up putting the router back
in the hallway. I then ran a Cat5 cable to the office and hooked it up
to the
rrweather;476177 Wrote:
From what I have read on the dual-band N routers, no one seems to have
had much success using N routers with G. Most have not seen an
improvement on the G side with dual-band. Without a real need for a
dual-band router, I don't want to risk buying one and having the
snarlydwarf;476226 Wrote:
The advantage to N isn't the dualbandness (which won't help your 2.4GHz
'g' devices anyway). The advantage is MIMO, which increases range, even
if only one side of the transmit/receive pair is using it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO
Thank you for the link. I
In my very large house with all masonry walls (including internal
walls), the only way to get wireless everywhere was to use the Belkin
Powerline Adapters - I have 2 sets - 4 units. I wanted to use my laptop
everywhere AND have SqueezeBox music throughout the house.
I have 3 SqueezeBox Classics,
rrweather;476238 Wrote:
So, in plain language, does adding a dual band router improve the
speed, coverage, or data transfer capabilities for devices that use only
G?
MIMO (not dualband) increases the effective range, which in turn
increases the speed in problematic situations. If you live
snarlydwarf;476246 Wrote:
MIMO (not dualband) increases the effective range, which in turn
increases the speed in problematic situations. If you live in the
country, away from noisy wifi/microwave/etc and have a router 10' from
wireless devices, it would do nothing... but if you're on a
sflen;476245 Wrote:
In my very large house with all masonry walls (including internal
walls), the only way to get wireless everywhere was to use the Belkin
Powerline Adapters - I have 2 sets - 4 units. I wanted to use my laptop
everywhere AND have SqueezeBox music throughout the house.
I
rrweather;476264 Wrote:
Thanks for the info. Just to be sure of your setup...you use the
powerline adapters to provide a wired connection for the Airport
Extremes. The Airport Extremes then provide a wireless signal for that
room in your house. Lastly, your SB (except for the one connected
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