Interesting. I have my Playmaker now since 5 weeks and had ZERO dropouts.

I have my music library on a WD Live Book, served by the built in Twonky server.

My DLNA device is a Lenovo Yoga Tablet, running BubbleUpnp.

Everything (except the WD Live Book) is linked wirelessly. I am using a dedicated router as a wireless access point (WAP). The WAP is 5 m away from the Playmaker, which gives it a strong signal.

All devices never change their IP address. I am using the router built-in feature "Always use same IP Adress for device" (based on MAC address).

Bernd

Op shoulda bought a mac

Pc's are more hassle than they're worth

Hi Jeff - i work in the field and you should really have zero drops in your wifi network, otherwise you have some problems with the device or the access point. At a very high level would recommend a few things which you may already be doing - move what you can to 5GHz, this all is a huge improvement; add an access point in front of the cable router. The wifi built into these routers are the worst. would recommend Aiport Extreme, Aiport Time Capsule or if you want a business grade solution with multiple access points throughout the house you can go with Cisco or Meraki (and there are other vendors too). And finally whether you go with AP other keep your wifi cable modem, move it out of the closet. You mat have all sorts of interference that cause signal problems. I don't know how large your place is, but you would probably want an access point per 2000-2500 sq ft depending on walls and how much metal you have, and levels.

Practically all my connections (with the exception of the BS9000) are wireless - and I transmit about 10GB a day with never any issues or drops.