Wireless (was Re: [mythtvnz] Diskless Frontend)

[Howard]

on 4/09/2006 7:50 p.m. Robin Gilks wrote:
> As far as wireless goes, I've not seen anyone who has been really happy
> with it - my house was prewired with cat5 for the phones so I just put a
> switch in the garage where its all distributed from and use DSE rj45
> phone/ethernet splitters where I want net access.

FWIW I don't have a myth frontend running on wireless, but I do have an 
XBox media centre running over wireless, and I can't say I have noticed 
any issues with network performance.  Myth may be another issue however, 
specifically with live TV etc.

I have 2 WRT54G units, flashed with the DD-WRT firmware.  One is 
connected to the XBox and is set to bridge mode, on the same subnet. 
Other is connected to my media server, and supports the bridging router 
as well as other wireless devices.

Routers are at about 6 metres separation (smallish house), and one is 
tweaked with slightly higher power output (a DD-WRT feature) and QOS 
specifically giving priority to media files (another DD-WRT feature). 
You can change the play buffering in XBMC for media files, but I didn't 
have to - and could probably reduce it.

I'd recommend trying this setup to anyone that _has_ to do wireless, as 
it works pretty flawlessly for me - even with other wireless devices 
connected to the main WRT router.  Not the cheapest option though - a 
WRT is more expensive than the XBox it hangs off...

I'd be interested to see someone try this setup with Myth - I'm moving 
house soon and hopefully finishing my Myth backend & frontend then - but 
will be hard wired only.  I can probably lend the router for a week or 
two (in Auck) if someone wanted to try wireless.

cheers
H