Is it possible these two cards are just set too close in the computer? I know I had a problem with TV reception when I had it plugged in near my Video cards. I moved it a couple PCI slots over and saw a drastic improvement. On Sunday 14 July 2002 06:41 pm, George Toft wrote: > I apologize for not being clear. The MP3's are being played on the > local workstation through the sound card. I also have a TV card > (Hauppage WinTV), and when I went to watch the Diamondbacks tonight, my > network QOS went to hell. In summary, whever I play MP3's or use the > WinTV card (which outputs sound through the sound card), the wireless > card starts dropping packets. > > Possible interrupt conflict? > > George > > Bryce C wrote: > > Besides copying them to your HD locally, no. I only have my personal > > experience to give. I have found that often, mp3 playing programs are > > actively streaming the audio the entire time. This means tremendous > > amounts of traffice because every second, roughly 128Kb has to be > > transferred and no matter what you say or the 802.11b rating is, your > > not going to get 11Mbs because that's megabits and TCP/IP is, as far as > > I know, the most inefficient protocol in use. > > > > On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 16:45, George Toft wrote: > > > I wish I were normal - but then life would be boring. > > > > > > I just set up a wireless network using a Linksys WMP11 (PCI card) and a > > > WAP11. I get clear communication under normal conditions: > > > wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 36. 54. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 38. 57. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 36. 55. 0% loss > > > > > > > > > When I play MP3's using xmms, I get packet loss: > > > wlan0: 30. 46. 0% loss > > > wlan0: 32. 48. 5% loss > > > wlan0: 26. 41. 6% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 8% loss > > > wlan0: 30. 47. 5% loss > > > wlan0: 36. 54. 5% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 51. 8% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 10% loss > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 5% loss > > > wlan0: 36. 56. 5% loss > > > wlan0: 32. 49. 1% loss > > > > > > What you are looking at is the interface (wlan0), link quality, signal > > > level, and packet loss from my workstation to the WAP. > > > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion how I can listen to MP3's and not have > > > packet loss? > > > > > > George > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > > Bryce Chidester > > Network Administrator > > CoBryce Communications > > Bryce AT BryceCo DOT Net > > http://www.bryceco.net > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss