help - sound dropouts - streaming 192 OR 96 to nd5

Thanks Phil. As I'm so close with wireless I am thinking of a better specced router perhaps with separate extender to convert the wifi into Ethernet for the Unitiqute which I understand relies on wireless 802.11b rather the later wireless n? Of course, I realise there are no guarantees. 

For WiFi connections the highest resolution that we support is 24bit/48kHz ... any higher *MAY* play but we won't guarantee it.

Cheers

Phil

802.11b? I think you can forget it, per wikipedia:

"802.11b has a maximum raw data rate of 11 Mbit/s and uses the same CSMA/CA media access method defined in the original standard. Due to the CSMA/CA protocol overhead, in practice the maximum 802.11b throughput that an application can achieve is about 5.9 Mbit/s using TCP and 7.1 Mbit/s using UDP."

For high resolution audio, you need a minimum of 8Mbps...and therefore a minimum of Wireless g (Wireless n only extends range, not throughput so if you're close g or n make no difference - at least that's my understanding).

Regards,
Frank.
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I would agree but a Naim support person advised me that the Unitiqute only uses b. Can anyone confirm what version of wireless the qute supports? 

Frank, 802.11n is very different from 802.11g. Not only does it use extended range features using multiple antennas as you say, but also supports upto 4 concurrent channels at double bandwidth (40MHz) and can provide upto 600 Mbps throughput before overheads, whereas 802.11g supports only up to 54Mbps before overheads.

If the 802.11n senses legacy wifi channels in the environment it has to downgrade to standard width  bandwidth channels (20Mhz) and max throughput for 4 concurrent channels drops to 300Mbps (2 channels 150Mbps and one channel approx 75Mbps). The number of concurrent channels supported is down to the radios being used.(transceivers at each end), 

But remember with wifi, on most standard configs data is only transmitted in one direction at once, and also collision detection and retry algorithms are used (ie Mutiple devices try and transmit on the sama wifi network, or wifi channel at once), therefore effective throughput will always be a lot less than a conentional wired duplex network at the same headline data throughput speed; that is 100mbps on a wired LAN is significantly more effective than 100Mbps on a wifi network.

Simon

It's 802.11g or n at 2.4GHz... (According to my specs on the current 24/192 hardware)

Cheers

Phil

Thanks. That makes a lot more sense to me as b is pretty old hat.