Zonker92;628878 Wrote: > I'm a noob coming over from a Sonos (if I can make this work) with a ton > of questions: > > Should I have my Netgear NASDuo (SBS installed and cleaned and OS > updated) (1) hard-wired to my four-port wireless N router in Room A, > where my cable modem is; or (2) hard-wired to my Touch in Room B, where > my stereo is? I have it hard-wired to the router now, but it's laggy > streaming wireless to the Touch in Room B; it keeps buffering. Welcome Zonker92. The more common/normal setup is as you have it, with the server (NAS) wired to the router, and the Touch connecting to the router either via ethernet or wifi. If you are getting rebuffering then it sounds like your wireless network may have problems. We can troubleshoot that in round 2.
Zonker92;628878 Wrote: > Was it a bad idea to install the SBS on both my PC and the NAS? Do they > share a common index with the Touch, or separate indexes of my music on > the NAS? Do I have to separately a scan of my 2,100 albums on each > device? Should I uninstall SBS from my PC and just use the one on the > NAS, so it's always "on"? *And for that matter, how do I access SBS on > my NAS from my PC? I only seem to be able to run the one on my PC.* Do > they all keep updating each other on the different devices? Yes, that is a bad idea. In most situations you only want SBS on one device. If you want something that's always on, then uninstall it from your PC. Although it's actually okay to have multiple devices running SBS, it will be simpler getting going if you have it only on the NAS, especially because a Squeezebox can only connect to one server at a time anyway. As long as your NAS is fast enough, run SBS from there and keep it off your PC. You can access SBS on your NAS from your pc by opening any web browser and pointing it to http://<nas_ip>:9000 , where you substitute the real IP address of the NAS in place of <nas_ip> Zonker92;628878 Wrote: > If I hardwire the NAS to the Touch in Room B, with the Touch connected > to the router wirelessly, the NAS no longer shows up on my network. > Does that mean that, unlike a Sonos, devices connected to the Touch are > not part of my network? Should I run an ethernet cable into Room B and > put a switch or router out there, with both the Touch and the NAS > connected to it, to ensure there are no legs or connection problems > with my NAS files? I'm not surprised that your NAS disappears from the network when you wire it directly to your Touch. But that does _not_ mean that devices connected to the Touch are part of your network. For example, you could put a simple USB hard drive on the Touch, and that USB drive would become available over the network because the Touch can run a Samba file server. Running ethernet to all devices will generally provide a more robust network than wireless will. You could do it as you suggest, with an ethernet cable to your listening room, with both your NAS and Touch connected to it via a switch. But I think a better approach is to leave the NAS in the room with the router, wired to the router. Then run an ethernet cable from the router to the listening room, and connect the Touch to that. No need to have the NAS and its whirring fan(s) in the listening room. Zonker92;628878 Wrote: > When I use the Logitech Squeezebox app on my iPhone, my iPhone does not > see the Squeezebox as a wireless access point. This is like the Sonos, > I guess, where the iPhone has to communicate with the Touch (or Sonos) > through my wireless network instead of directly? (If so, too bad.) > And why is the iPhone app's volume control so unresponsive, and > sometimes moves a little by itself? My Sonos app never did that. Is > that normal? You're correct that the iPhone app communicates with the Touch via SBS. I have only used the Logitech SB app a little bit, but haven't had any problems with lagginess of the volume response. That could be wifi problems, or it may be problems with the NAS struggling to keep up running SBS, especially if it is busy doing other things like heavy file copying. Zonker92;628878 Wrote: > Would it be better to just get a 1TB USB drive and connect it to the > Touch? If so, would the USB connection support 24/96 files going into > the Touch? That depends. Some people do fine using the Touch's built-in server (aka "TinySBS"), but for others it's an exercise in frustration. There are ways to improve your odds of it working for you. See jean2's excellent post here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070 Yes, that connection would support 24/96. Zonker92;628878 Wrote: > Also, the Touch has now prompted me several times my Squeezebox.com user > name and password. How come it's not saving it? (I'll do a search on > that.) > > Let's see ... what else ... I can't remember now, but I'm sure I have > more questions. Thanks for any help you can give me. if I can't get > this system working right I may return the Touch, but I REALLY want > this to work. It should be saving your mysqueezebox.com credentials. Offhand I can't think of why it isn't. It sounds to me like you should be able to get it to work. One issue is that you may find your NAS underpowered for running SBS, but I'm not 100% sure of the specs of that NAS. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87448 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
