Need help with Apple Airport Express

Hi Al,
Thanks very much for your reply. I will work on your suggestions and make another post tomorrow. The dropouts occur on Internet radio. The station I listen to mostly is a classical station that transmits at 128 Kbps. I'll spend more time listening to my computer library and see if the dropouts are more or less frequent. Until tomorrow. ..Matt

Most modern home routers have a way to set traffic priority based on IP address or MAC address. It's usually meant to improve gaming performance, but setting mine to "highest" for my AE seems to pretty much eliminate any (albeit rare) glitches when I'm streaming Spotify to my AE via my Mac.

Thanks for all your help. I tried changing power levels, channels, and re-assigning IP addresses ( traffic priority?). In the end, the thing that made the most difference was re-positioning the router from the desk down to the floor so it is facing the stairwell. So far, no dropouts either on my computer files or on the Internet radio stations, after about a half-hour of listening. So far, so good. If I start having problems again, I may bite the bullet and get a dual band router. Thanks again. I am a happy camper. ...Matt

Good!

If problems recur, another alternative to consider would be to retain the 2Wire device, but disable its wireless function and add a separate wireless access point, which in turn would be connected to the 2Wire via an ethernet cable. I've always preferred that sort of arrangement, because of the flexibility it provides with respect to both selection and placement of the wireless device.

I currently use an EnGenius N-EAP350 wireless access point, which I've found to be an outstanding performer (although it is single-band). I use it in conjunction with a SonicWall hardware firewall/wired router, and a cable modem supplied by my ISP.

Regards,
-- Al

Dropouts again! Went almost a week with no dropouts. Then today I downloaded a Dave Brubeck album from HD Tracks. It's FLAC 24 bit 88.2 kHz. It drops out every minute or two. Internet radio and my CDs (FLAC 16 bit 44.1 kHz) are still ok. Any suggestions ?