What is rebuffering?


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My Squeezebox is connected wirelessly to my router. I use Rhapsody for background listening on my Squeezebox. Periodically a song will stop right in the middle of playing for about ten to fifteen seconds and start playing again. That's annoying as hell.....especially when I'm singing along. I check the screen on the Squeezebox and it says that the song is 'rebuffering'. What does that mean? Do you think that if I went wired instead of wireless that the dropouts would stop? My Squeezebox is 50 ft away from the router and I have one of those super double-speed whiz-bang wireless N routers.
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mitch4t

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Rebuffering is caused by the interruption of wireless signal. Wireless communication isn't as reliable as wired connection so using wired connection should eliminate the problem. If it doesn't than there is something wrong with your Squeezebox.

You can also try the followings:

1. Change the setting in the wireless router to operate in a different channel.

2. Move the wireless router away from Microwave oven and cordless phone to reduce interference.

3. Upgrade wireless router firmware to the latest version.

4. Although you have a "N" router, Squeezebox doesn't use the new "N" standard. It operates in the older "g" standard which is less immune to noise and has a shorter range than the "N" standard. You can buy another N router and configure it as a WiFi to Ethernet bridge (note, not all WiFi router can be configured this way, one I know that can is the Apple Extreme Base Station). You than connect the ethernet bridge to the Squeezebox with a wire and let the bridge communicate with your existing "N" router thought wireless in the "N" standard.
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