Brij, as I stated in my response, I powered off my Mark IV the other
day per Yamaha support but did not connect to Radio. Today I
connected to Disklavier Radio with no issues. It came right up.
Not sure why yours does not.
Don
--- In
disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "dcolema2001" .>
wrote:
>
> Hi Brij. Regarding the re-connection of the Linksys bridge... I
put
> my Mark IV to sleep/standby every evening and turn it back on when
> I'd like to use it (at least every other day). I have not had any
> connection issues with this process. I listen to the Disklavier
> Radio freguently. As a side note; Due to a recent problem, I
> powered it all the way down and only because of an issue playing
> purchased music (not radio). The remote PDA looked as if it was
> playing but it would not and 'SYNC' would come on. I called
support
> and was told that I should power it all the way down and leave it
> off for 15 minutes at least once a week. (I did that and it
resolved
> my SYNC problem) I don't know if I'll do it that often as it had
> been working fine for months with no problems but at least I know
> what to do next time I have an issue. My point is
that since I
have
> powered it all the way down, I have not tried to re-connect to
play
> the 'Radio' or connect to the Internet I will do that in the next
> couple days and report back. Have a good day.
>
> Don
>
> --- In
disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "brijagarwal" >
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to Don and Steven! I'm new to the group and would
> appreciate
> > some input regarding choosing between the Linksys wireless
> Ethernet
> > bridge and the Netgear wall-plugged Ethernet.
> >
> > I was able to get my Mark IV to wirelessly connect to the
Internet
> > with the Linksys wireless Ethernet bridge by first running an
> > Ethernet cable between the Mark IV and my router (I guess to
give
> the
> > Mark IV the "scent" or
whatever of Internet) and then by
> > disconnecting the Mark IV from the router and running the
Ethernet
> > cable directly between the Mark IV and the Linksys wireless
> bridge.
> > HOWEVER, if I do a shutdown of the Disklavier, the Linksys
> wireless
> > connection stops working. That is, if I ever power down the
> > Disklavier, I am required to re-run the Ethernet cable between
the
> > router and the Mark IV to again remind the Mark IV of
the "scent"
> of
> > Internet, after which I can reconnect the Linksys wireless
bridge
> and
> > it works. (I seemed to have this same problem when I went into
> > STANDBY mode, but I figured out that I just need to wait ten
> minutes
> > after a return to active mode to connect with the Internet.)
This
> > could prove to be a class "A" hassle over time, particularly if
I
> > have to power down and disconnect the Disklavier every few
months.
> >
> > Don, have you had these issues with your Linksys wireless
Ethernet
> > bridge? If so, have you resolved them?
> >
> > Steven, does the Netgear wall-plugged Ethernet have any issues
> like
> > this?
> >
> > I don't think I have any mis-configuration of the Linksys
wireless
> > Ethernet bridge since I can connect my laptop or my desktop to
the
> > Linksys bridge and it automatically works right away. Did
anyone
> > else have any other thoughts?
> >
> > Many thanks to all, and I appreciate your input.
> >
> > Brij
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In
disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "dcolema2001"
wrote:
> >
>
> > > I also have a Mark IV and talk to Yamaha about connecting it
to
> my
> > > network. I have both wired and wireless and prefer wired. I
> never
> > > thought I'd need an ethernet port in my formal living room so
I
> > > never pulled a wire there when the house was built. :-) When I
> > > talked to Yamaha they mentioned only Buffalo devices including
a
> > > Buffalo wireless bridge. I initially connected my piano via a
> CAT5
> > > wire strung across the floor to a NetGear 10/100/1000 switch
but
> > > recently installed a Linksys Wireless Bridge and it worked
> without
> > a
> > > hitch. I don't have any Buffalo devices! I have a Sonicwall
> > > firewall, NetGear switches, and Linksys Bridge. Any network
> device
> > > should work. Not sure if that was helpful
but.....
> > > Have a good day.
> > >
> > > Don Coleman
> > >
> > > --- In
disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Trawford"
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > this is what you need, enjoy your great piano! It works
great.
> > > >
> > > > Netgear 14Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet 79.98
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Carey Wolchok
>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks an interesting approach. Another "sales line"
> > > > > was that it would be easy to connect the Disklavier
> > > > > MarkIV to my home wifi netwrk. Now, they salesmen are
> > > > > telling me to go out and buy two Buffalo
AirStation
> > > > > 125 High Power Wireless Broadband routers with AOSS
> > > > > in order to get the Disklavier and my network to
> > > > > communicate. Unfortunately, this wifi hardware is no
> > > > > longer made or for sale. Any ideas? What hardware are
> > > > > others using to connect to Wifi?
> > > > > Many thanks,
> > > > > Carey .
>