Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio wifi problems-MEGATHREAD!

2012-01-06 Thread Pascal Hibon
I can’t see it well on the pictures (a bit small) but it looks like a very strange radio signal behaviour. Is there any change you can test with another router? -- Pascal Hibon 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 1 x SB Touch - all wireless ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.1. w iTunes plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio wifi problems-MEGATHREAD!

2012-01-06 Thread wonder boy
Yes, better pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/73688749@N06/6646221295/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/73688749@N06/6646221543/ Will test again today, may buy an improved router this weekend -- wonder boy 2 Booms, 1 radio, a touch and an SB3...think that's enough?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Getting there slowly.... two more questions though.

2012-01-06 Thread aubuti
zeke;682025 Wrote: Not sure if this is what you want, but if you just let your pc go to sleep instead of powering it down completely, the squeezebox should be able to wake it (assuming the pc has WOL capability). Wake-on-LAN also works from a complete shutdown, because the network card

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio wifi problems-MEGATHREAD!

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
I'd turn off the auto-channel feature, pick the best ch and stay there. This alone may be adding to the problem. I'd at least eliminate it from the equation. -- toby10 toby10's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio wifi problems-MEGATHREAD!

2012-01-06 Thread Pascal Hibon
toby10;682069 Wrote: I'd turn off the auto-channel feature, pick the best ch and stay there. This alone may be adding to the problem. I'd at least eliminate it from the equation. Yes, and I would set it to channel 1. There is no one else using channel 1. Still, the radio signal of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
There is no accident with neighbors connecting to your network if your network name (SSID) is unique. I agree with both chill aubuti, assuming your WEP issue cannot be resolved ... To keep the casual accidental user off of your router just use MAC filtering, it's about the same level of

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio keeps losing presets

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
Ok, let's back up. Are you running a local SqueezeBox server program on your computer? i.e. Do you have access to your own locally stored music files? If yes, what computer OS? What version of the server program? Or do you only use the players for Internet Radio and online services?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio keeps losing presets

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
Selecting Internet Radio on your players may or may not cause the players to switch to MySB.com online, depends on several factors: - if you use a local SB server - if that local server can see the internet - if that local server has your correct MySB.com login info - if your computer with

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread Mark.Bennett
I have now worked around the incompatibility by creating two virtual networks on my access point. One using WEP for my older squeezeboxen and another using WPA2-PSK for the Radio and all my other devices. However, I do think that there is a compatibility issue in the WiFi requirements between SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread garym
Mark.Bennett;682100 Wrote: My SSID are all unique and hidden, I doubt this is a problem with your overall issue, but it is not uncommon for HIDDEN SSIDs to cause problem for SB players. You may already know this as well, but hiding SSID can cause connection problems in some cases but

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
I just tried the Radio on WEP, works fine, connects plays as expected. WEP 64bit, SSID hidden, router generated passphrase of 62E38220E4 -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553

[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Station Network Streaming all the time.

2012-01-06 Thread RadioManCanada
Just bought a Squeezebox Radio unit for the first time, so far love it! :) I have had no issues and everything seems to be working correctly, but I do have one question about bandwidth usage when you are listening to a stream from a radio station. When I am actively listening to a station, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Station Network Streaming all the time.

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
Two things to try: 1. Press hold the Pause button to actually STOP the stream (vs just Pausing it). 2. Watch the traffic indicator light after about 1 minute, might just be the stream buffer has not exhausted itself before then. -- toby10

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] With 7.7.1, the Alarm is not working.

2012-01-06 Thread Tony T
erland;681849 Wrote: Is it in hibernate mode and started just before the alarm is about to trigger ? No, but if it were, the internal alarm should sound. -- Tony T Tony #63743; SBTouch #9834; SBRadio #9836; Tony T's

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] With 7.7.1, the Alarm is not working.

2012-01-06 Thread Tony T
Looks like the Alarm not sounding may be related to the error: Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (317) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: , retrying in 900 seconds Since I've resolved the above error by restarting SBS (thanks pippin) after

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread Mark.Bennett
toby10;682116 Wrote: I just tried the Radio on WEP, works fine, connects plays as expected. WEP 64bit, SSID hidden, router generated passphrase of 62E38220E4 But WEP with shared or open connection? I also get a Radio connection on WEP but only using an open connection. Conversely the SB1

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
What does shared connection mean? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92817

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread Mark.Bennett
garym;682103 Wrote: I doubt this is a problem with your overall issue, but it is not uncommon for HIDDEN SSIDs to cause problem for SB players. You may already know this as well, but hiding SSID can cause connection problems in some cases but provides ZERO security. The SSID is not really

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread aubuti
toby10;682152 Wrote: What does shared connection mean? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy#Authentication -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread toby10
Well, I'll just answer that with a big I have no clue cuz that mumbo jumbo in the WiKi is way beyond my abilities to discern or understand what the heck they are talking about. :) There was no mention of shared in my router settings so I presume it was not shared. Does TKIP have anything to do

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings

2012-01-06 Thread aubuti
Yeah, and it's even funnier that the mumbo jumbo begins with the phrase For the sake of clarity, TKIP was intended as a replacement protocol for WEP, but they are both easily cracked, and have been superseded by WPA2. -- aubuti

[SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radion keeps crashing

2012-01-06 Thread grunners
Hi I purchased a Squeezebox Radio last week and am very happy with it, except for the fact that it crashes at least once a day, usually more depending how much I use it. It appears to be when I'm using Spotify, either starting or exiting the app, and whether I'm using the controls on the radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio wifi problems-MEGATHREAD!

2012-01-06 Thread Knobbyclark
To solve my own problem I loaded ww-drt onto my 3 Buffalo Access Points, removed WDS, setup each with the SAME SSID, Security settings and each on a different channel 1,6 11. Both my radios are now working - 22 tracks without interruption (previously lucky to get 4) other one 30. I would say

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio loses wifi daily

2012-01-06 Thread Knobbyclark
To solve my own problem I loaded ww-drt onto my 3 Buffalo Access Points, removed WDS, setup each with the SAME SSID, Security settings and each on a different channel 1,6 11. Both my radios are now working - 22 tracks without interruption (previously lucky to get 4) other one 30. I would say

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Nightmare

2012-01-06 Thread Knobbyclark
To solve my own problem I loaded ww-drt onto my 3 Buffalo Access Points, removed WDS, setup each with the SAME SSID, Security settings and each on a different channel 1,6 11. Both my radios are now working - 22 tracks without interruption (previously lucky to get 4) other one 30. I would say

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Station Network Streaming all the time.

2012-01-06 Thread RadioManCanada
toby10;682126 Wrote: Two things to try: 1. Press hold the Pause button to actually STOP the stream (vs just Pausing it). 2. Watch the traffic indicator light after about 1 minute, might just be the stream buffer has not exhausted itself before then. Tried that and it did the trick,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Station Network Streaming all the time.

2012-01-06 Thread garym
bpa;682289 Wrote: If a network stream is paused then the radio will keep accepting packets until the internal buffer is full. Then the radio will not take any more data - if the station is a Live station with low speed MP3 this can be 10-15 minutes. Many (but not all) station will often

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Permanent sleep function?

2012-01-06 Thread DonP
I had similar desires for the sleep function as TopGeek. What I did that helped somewhat is get the IR remote, and also install a plugin called StatusFirst. StatusFirst displays the current value of the Sleep setting on the first remote button push, and then changes the setting on subsequent