RE: Re: Need advice: connecting sonos zone player through mains lan adaptor

["Andrew Walker \(CV/ETL\)" <andrew.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you tell your wireless router it is operating in USA, not EUROPE it
boosts the wireless output power a little.
Might be enough to reach thoses slightly out of range devices.

Not advocating you do this though, I'm fully wired now.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Sean
Sent: 29 March 2007 22:25
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Need advice: connecting sonos zone player
through mains lan adaptor

I find that the powerline NICs are good enough for my XBOX video so I
would think that sonos' MP3s would have no problems.

Sean

On 29/03/07, Sean <sean@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Trying changing channels on the the sonos, I found that I improved my
> range with a bit of tweaking.
>
> Sean
>
> On 29/03/07, Neil Fuller < neil.fuller@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Oh Well, just a thought . . . . .
> >
> > Have you looked on the Sonos forums? ISTR seeing a thread or
three
> > about
> >
> > various connection methods.
> >
> >
> >
> > keyvan2r wrote:
> > >
> > > I did have the player connected by wire and it worked fine
and was

> > > visible on all remotes. I since moved it to the new position
and
> > > it was not visible on any remotes. Tried a reset but no joy!
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com
>,
> > > Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Keyvan
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried this non communicating player in a wired
position?
> > > i.e,
> > > > swap non communicating one with one the wired player?
> > > >
> > > > I went 'round in circles trying to sort out two ZP100's
that
> > > wouldn't
> > > > talk wirelessly. Eventually, I put them in to wired
locations
> > > > and
> > > they
> > > > still wouldn't talk. Turned out both were faulty - Not
too
> > > impressed
> > > > with the 50% failure rate although they have been OK
since they
> > > were
> > > > exchanged under warranty and all 4 are chatting away
merrily now

> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Neil
> > > >
> > > > keyvan2r wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I need to install a zone-player in a room which
has no cat5
> > > point. Most
> > > > > of the house is wired, but not this room. I have
tried to get
> > > > > it working wirelessly, and it won't!! Even though
the other
> > > > > wired
> > > player
> > > > > is 40 ft down the corridor!
> > > > > I was wondering if all attempts at wireless
connection fail,
> > > > > does anyone know if I can use a pair of those
mains-plug lan
> > > > > adaptors
> > > to
> > > > > connect it to my ethernet hub? Like along piece of
cat5 :-) If

> > > > > yes.. then which is the best/right one to buy?
> > > > > Any advice would be most appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Keyvan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to
> build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying
> to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
>
> - Unknown




--
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to
produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

- Unknown


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