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Squeezebox dropouts - another question

There have been many threads on this and I have tried to read them all, but I still have not solved the problem. I just bought a fancy-dancy dual band (2.4 and 5 Ghz) wireless Netgear router (N900, E4500). I use this to stream music to a Logitech Squeezebox Touch. I still get dropouts when streaming 96kHz files. The router is 20' line of site to the SBT. The SBT says signal strength is 100%. If I connect the SBT to the router with an Ethernet cable, everything is fine, no dropouts. I would prefer to go wireless for convenience and noise isolation. Any other suggestions? I have not been able to figure out how to change buffer size settings on the SBT or the router. Are there other settings I can try? Any help is appreciated.
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knghifi
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2 things I found interfered with wireless is my old home cordless phones and when microwave oven running.

I bought a DECT 6.0 cordless phone system and problem solved.
prpixel
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You can also hang a wireless N bridge off the back of the Squeezebox.
mabonn OP
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Thanks for all your responses. I am not sure if the SBT is G or N. How do I tell ?? Lots to ponder here. I guess this brings up another axiom of the digital age we live in: "Your need / appetite for bandwidth will always exceed the available bandwidth ". I am away for a bit, so it may be a while before I update the condition of my network, but I will keep you posted. Once again, A'gon is great. It's terrific having a way to chat with fellow audiophiles all over the world.
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almarg
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I am not sure if the SBT is G or N.
It is G, per various literature Logitech had issued on it.

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jond
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Mabonn I just went through the exact same thing with my Duet and have a thread posted here,

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1365269626&openmine&zzJond&4&5#Jond

but the upshot is this, Squeezbox will not do 5G only 2.4G. If you are getting dropouts go to your routers admin page and change the channel it's broadcasting on. I did this and since I did basically no dropouts. When they do crop up again I just change the channel again. There are 11 channels so just see what works. It was a very easy fix once I found out about it.
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