Waay off topic Q about "music systems"

[SadieKate]

We haven't tested our wireless reception throughout the house. Do you think a Squeeze box installed upstairs would work with a modem downstairs? What internet speed is necessary given the fact that wireless is a little slower than ethernet?

I may tell Bubba about this so he can get his jazz stations.

Editing - our home internet speed is 1.5 Mbps/896 Kbps

[bikerz]

If you can access your wireless network upstairs from your laptop, the Squeezebox will work just fine (it has it's own wireless card built in). Your internet speed is totally fine.

In my house, the cable modem and wireless router are downstairs, and the Squeezebox is upstairs, and I have no transmission issues at all - it works perfectly.

One of my pals who has this system purchased an inexpensive media PC to power his music system and Squeezebox - it is whisper silent, and has a very compact form factor (way smaller than most stereo components). I am using an old PC I had around, and it is fine, but I plan to resuscitate my dead laptop drive and then use my laptop for the music system since it is quieter and smaller.

I'd like to upgrade to the new Squeezebox with the display in the remote in the next month or so, and when I do, I'll have this one available for sale cheap...

[SadieKate]

Just carried my old work computer upstairs and the wireless signal was, at least, not lost. So that seems good.

So now there is a $400 model, huh? Sigh. We need to sell a house or two.

[SadieKate]

You can add receivers to a Squeezebox?? So we could install a Sqeezebox on the home computer and upstairs stereo, then add a receiver to something in my office.

http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_receiver.html