Sagem router drops connection when streaming

[Domsky]

Hi,

Firstly thanks for reading this and I must apologise if this has been answered in a previous thread but I'm just not sure what to look for in an answer.

I have recently had to change my router from the old Netgear which I never had any problems with until it died to the new black Sagem. I also bought a new laptop which may or may not be part of the problem.

My set up is:
- Old Dell desktop running XP connected via old Netgear wireless dongle
- Dell XPS laptop running Windows 7 connected through internal wireless
- Original Squeezebox running through squeezebox server on desktop
- Sky+ HD hard wired to router (rarely used)
- Sony Blu-Ray hard wired to router (rarely used)

The issue I have is that everything works fine until I start trying to watch stuff on my laptop through BBC iPlayer/Sky Anytime or stream music to my stereo through my Squeezebox when the connection just drops after about twenty minutes. I then switch the router on and off and it works for 5 minutes and then drops again, repeat as many times as I can be bothered until I give up.

If it was just internet streaming I could understand it might be a problem with my connection but shoving the music through the server dropping indicates to me a problem with the router.

I get the occasional message on my laptop saying that there is an ip conflict on my network but I'm not sure what to do to resolve this if it's an issue.

Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated as I'm sorely missing my streamed tunes on an evening after the pub

Thanks again in advance.

Dom

[Scubbie]

The IP conflict is one thing that needs to be looked at properly, but with regards to your streaming issues, the official suggestion for the present is not to use the Sagem 2304n for it's WiFi abilities.

You need to disable the WiFi and either hardware everything for the present moment or connect an old router and use that for WiFi access.

This is a measure which needs to be adopted until Sky can release a firmware that will correct the issues with the WiFi.

[Isitme]

IP conflicts are usually caused by having one or more devices set with a fixed IP address and others being given out by the DHCP server. eg. You connect a device to the router which is set to obtain its address automatically and the DHCP server gives it an address of 192.168.0.2. You then connect a device set with an IP address of 192.168.0.2 this causes a conflict as the address is already being used by the router.

In your position I would set all your PCs and devices to obtain an IP address automatically. Disconnect everything from the router and plug in or connect each device one at a time. Use a PC for the first connection and open the router settings, go to Advanced> LAN settings and add the PC's IP address to the Address Reservation List. Connect each device in turn, adding it's address to the reserved list. If you do have a device which requires a fixed address, give it a high one, such as 100 or 200, this will keep it out of the way of any 'guest' machines that want to connect.

[Domsky]

So I've been sent a duff router, that's just brilliant.

Unfortunately hard wiring everything to my router is not an option. I was told when my last router gave up the ghost that it had to be an official sky router as other ones would not work. Is this not the case?

I know mySqueezebox uses 192.168.0.2 so I'm wondering if it's having an issue with my Sky box as the problems seem to have started since I connected that up. Will see if I can persuade them to use different addresses.

Cheers for you help.

Dom

[Scubbie]

...I know mySqueezebox uses 192.168.0.2 so I'm wondering if it's having an issue with my Sky box as the problems seem to have started since I connected that up. Will see if I can persuade them to use different addresses.

This could be the source of the problems.

192.168.0.2 would be the first allocated IP address automatically assigned. If you laptop connects first, then the Sqeezebox will still try to take this address if it has been assigned manually.

Because LANs have various IP ranges, you should be able to change the address.

If you can, setting as Tom has suggested (i.e. 192.168.0.100 or 192.168.0.200) would be a good safe choice.

If you can't change it, then it is possible to change the initial address assigned to anything. If you go down this router, then I would set the router to start assigning numbers from 192.168.0.30.

[Isitme]

I was told when my last router gave up the ghost that it had to be an official sky router as other ones would not work. Is this not the case?

Many use their own router, even though it is against the T & Cs. Have a look here for some pointers -
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/askin...tions-faq.html

With regards your addresses, you can leave the S/box as it is by plugging it in first. Then plug in a PC. Reserve the address of the S/box (2) and then reserve the address of the PC you have plugged in (3).