Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio keeps losing wireless connection and won't reconnect - any ideas?

2021-11-07 Thread frankd
P Nelson wrote: > Months ago I had problems finding my own Wifi network in the available > network list on the Radio. (This was on my Radio at work and unrelated > to the WiFi6 issue at home.) The Radio would not show my Wifi network > that it had previously connected to. It was strange. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-07-06 Thread frankd
SlimChances wrote: > I was referring to the -VAP11G-300 - ---AND WHETHER IT COULD BE > CONNECTED TO THE POWER OUTLET ON THE RADIO WHEN IN BATTERY MODE. NEVER > MIND- It won't work on battery. The power-in of the radio is not a power-out when on battery. If you want to be mobile, the wlanpoke

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-07-04 Thread frankd
mikitil wrote: > Thnx. Badly it is died even without covering it with tape. Bad luck for > me ;( But happily with my Re450 Option it is absolute perfectly stable > now. I have been running several Vonets during the last couple of months (3 VAP11G-300 and 1 VAP11N-300). The VAP11N-300 got very

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-06-06 Thread frankd
frankd wrote: > Log files of the script (version 0.73) with two events capture, when the > script could not reestablish the network (second one around 12:30, first > one around 11:55). I guess the neighbor with the annoying WIFI moved out our upgraded his hardware. There are a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-04-01 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > I am working on solving the Wireless Connectivity issue, but my > environment here has recently become too quiet, and my 7 radios are not > failing nearly as much as before (8-15 times/hour), most going all night > without failure. I set my closest radio to a far away access

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-23 Thread frankd
Log files of the script (version 0.73) with two events captures, when the script could not reestablish the network (second one around 12:30, first one around 11:55). +---+ |Filename: _log.zip

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-23 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > This is the first report of the mitigation not working in every case. > How many times has this happened? What wlanpoke version are you > running? > > To investigate this, the log files are a first step, but they will be > lost if the radio is rebooted. Could you please upload

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Installing a patch

2021-03-23 Thread frankd
slartibartfast wrote: > I tried installing the patch on my second Radio from /usr and it > wouldn't install so I moved it to /usr/share and I still needed to add > -p1 to the patch command. The path inside the patch has no / before > share so that could be the reason. The patch installer has no

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-20 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > From what I can read about the chip, it seems pretty capable. It is > controlled by firmware for the chip's xtensa processor that the driver > or a support utility downloads to the chip. This firmware is > proprietary, and its source and environment more than very unlikely to >

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-20 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > The latest wlanpoke software is on github to download. Earlier versions > are on this forum. It doesn't need "activation," but it does need to be > manually installed. The software has extensive logging, and it handles > piping its logs to your computer (running ncat) even in

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-14 Thread frankd
mrw wrote: > I shall watch this space. > > I shall add that later versions of the wpa_ software (i.e. as included > in the Radio's community firmware release) bring their own > problems/incompatibilities with the way SqueezePlay has been brought up > to expect. Not insuperable, I think (I have

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-09 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > It looks like the automatic gateway detection does not have to be > overridden, as it seems reliable. > > Looking at your logs, what stands out to me is, first of all, the very > low signal level ...Link Quality:26/94 Signal level:-69 dBm Noise > level:-96 dBm Tx excessive

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-01 Thread frankd
Tony T wrote: > Yes. Can’t tape over the case as it’s the vent... > but, the case is press fit. Easy to pop open and place a small > piece of electrical tape directly over the LED. I tried it with the Vonets VAP11G-300 and the VAP11N-300. For the G version it worked well, however you have

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-26 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > Thank's for digging into this. What happened after the failure, did you > have to reboot? How long was the music interruption? On what service? We > sometimes notice a couple of second interruptions here, but have > experienced that for many years. > > Edit: Why hard-code the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-23 Thread frankd
POMdev wrote: > I'm not an SB developer, just a user albeit with instrumentation. I > don't dare to intrude on the development forum. I am unfamiliar with and > therefore cannot write an automated install and configuration patch, or > plugin, app, or whatnot. I was hoping one of the senior

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-23 Thread frankd
P Nelson wrote: > Here is my set-up at home, two Radios and a Touch. Red Radio (LMS > reports 100% signal strength as it located on other side of the wall > from the router) is connected to my primary Arris NVG468MQ. Black Radio > (LMS reports 90-83% signal strength) and the Touch (LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-23 Thread frankd
mrw wrote: > Is this particular element of the problem exclusive to the Radio running > the Community firmware ? > > I ask, because: > > a) I believe that your Red Radio is (or was) running Community firmware, > but perhaps your Black Radio is not. > b) I believe that I have located a problem

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-15 Thread frankd
mrw wrote: > As far I as can see, the “Repair network” advanced setting on the Radio > does not restart the wifi kit. I think that might be added in, but needs > checking. Not a solution, but could be helpful. That would be a first helpful option at least :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-15 Thread frankd
slartibartfast wrote: > Of course powerline adaptors and WiFi to ethernet adaptors make the > Radio a lot less portable. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Yes unfortunately, I love to take a radio to my terrace during summer with built-in batteries. Thus I still hope we can address

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Wi-Fi 6

2021-02-14 Thread frankd
We should move this discussion to the "WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios" thread, as it is the same issue in most of the cases, see my last post in that thread... frankd's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-14 Thread frankd
Unfortunately I have joined this club recently when a neighbor upgraded to a Wifi6 (ax) network. It seems that neighbours with WIFI6 or Asus Routers (Wifi 5 and 6) interfere with WLAN of Squeezebox Radios. This will become a broad problem, thus more an more posts in this thread. Therefore some

[SlimDevices: Radio] sticky knobs

2020-03-02 Thread frankd
See my other post about somebody offering 3D-Printed replacement knobs for Boom and Radio: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111561-Sticky-Boom-Knobs-and-rubber-material frankd's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bass amp problem

2019-07-01 Thread frankd
mrw wrote: > Thanks. I can't see an 'obvious' reason for that. > > I have, myself, experienced one drop out on each of my two radios. I > hypothesized at the time that this was because the radios had been > silent for some time, so the (larger) alsa buffer hadn't had time to > fill and ride

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bass amp problem

2019-02-16 Thread frankd
Thanks a lot for all your work. I experienced the same problem with my set of radios. I havejust installed your applet, set all to 30ms and I will report back if it works (this may take some time as I will test them as they are, not provoke any bass amp problems - the failures felt pretty