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Last test crashed after a few hours on Router 1's 5 GHz band that was shared with computer. It did crash shortly after using the computer.
Before changing anything, Status of 3800
Signal status
Signal is low here even though non hidden signal screen said good. This configuration would crash if I used the same router but it would run more than 29 minutes. However, I want to use the better router for the computer not this $25 hardware.
Changing 3800 to connect to router2 at 5 GHz status before starting stream. Note I put the 3800 in the freezer for 30 minutes since it was 104 Celsius from earlier test. It won't stay at 52 for long.
Router 2 is 3 feet below 3800 in basement rafters as close to subfloor as possible. Antenna "ears" on router are parallel to the ground--got 2 Db of gain from that orientation. Router is not close to any 120v cables to avoid interference. Crooked screen did not help performance.
Signal above would peak at 29 Db in the range of 26-29 Db. Signal was 17 before moving router and wiring to accomodate this change.
This is similar previous test in that 3930 was connected to same router as 3800 but on lower band. XM would not run for more than 29 minutes. At about 27 minutes, the audio would cut in and out like it was encountering errors that it could not buffer. There was no spinning circle. It cut out with an audible pop and crashed to Roku.
As I improved the signal to the 3800 by moving the router closer, the 3930 that is in the next room lost most of the signal according to the secret. Apparently the floor joists and plywood subfloor are RF insulators. Therefore, I moved the 3930 to Router 1.
Start XM up again and it has been running for 4 hours 3 minutes as of now. Detail screen was locked up at 1 hour 43 minutes. Printer is on same router as XM. Apparently, XM trusts the printer or the printer is not doing any communication. Printer did go off line on previous test and had to be restarted to connect back to normal router for it--Router 1. This may happen again since XM is acting strangely.
So this test shows that regardless of which router XM gets, it wants all of it.
Next, I will move the router closer to the 3800 to see if I can get XM to share with other devices. Buying a new router may not be an ideal fix but that is the only way I can get it to work semi-normally.
I saw logging on the last screen above but I assume you can only use that in an IDE which not on my list of things to learn. Any ideas that would help debug this?
I assume XM is looking at the fields displayed above to decide that there are too many errors and instead of downgrading the signal like Sling does with a bad connection, just drop out and give up. Whatever code interrogates the signal status must have changed with the May 16 install. I have not seen anything like release notes that a real software vendor would produce for an update. Are these notes published somewhere external to the channel provider? I didn't find anything yet.
