garym wrote: > yep, now the hard part, because problem is intermittent, and there are > lots of parts/cables from the wall to the modem to the LMS server to the > player. Any of which could have a fault generating an intermittent > issue. At least now the intermittent nature is once or twice a day, > versus every 10 minutes. The problem may not be within your network but still worth looking. I had a network fault once and it was one of the four springy pins in the ethernet socket was not straight but angled sideways.
> (Not sure, but I recall someone telling me that the local traffic > doesn't go back to the router.....*that is, if my LMS is connected to a > switch and my player is connected to the same switch, then the > connection from the switch back to the router is not used in the data > transmission of my local music files that are connected via USB directly > to my LMS server. * > > Is this latter point correct....i'm out of my depth when it comes to > network data traffic. I think so - memory & detail is not great. IIRC Ethernet switches operate at MAC address and not IP address. On original twisted pair hubs, every cable saw what was transmitted on all other cables - so bandwidth was shared. Switches were innovative, the switch recorded which MAC addresses were on a port and so packets were switched between ports based on MAC addresses. The port to router is used for any packet destined for MAC not other switch port. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116117 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
