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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.
mabonn
mabonn OP
181 posts
 
Jond, are you streaming 24 bit 96 kHz files with no dropouts ?
ton1313
272 posts
 
I had similar issues, and purchased a network over powerline adapter kit from TP-Link. It send the signal over you homes house power line, and then a wired connection from the adapter to the squeezebox.

Very inexpensive fix, easy to et up, and no problems since.

network cable from your router to first adapter plugged into wall - second adapter plugged into wall near squeezebox, and a network cable from adapter to squeezebox. Follow simple instructions for pairing the adapters. Then turn off the wireless on squeezebox.

Amazon sells them - search for "TP-LINK TL-PA211 KIT AV200 Mini Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, up to 200Mbps"
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jond
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Mabonn yes I have streamed 24/96 files fine. I stream a variety of wav and flac files with no dropouts whatsoever.
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