[mythtv] seperating backend/frontend

[Stephan Wentz]

hi all...

i'm going to split my backend/frontend on two different machines, now i have 
some questions regarding the frontend-machine...

1.) how fast has the frontend-machine got to be? it's only decoding, and it 
will be a dedicated server, it will do nothing else... will a 400 mhz pentium 
2 be enough? or even smaller? will it help to put for example a matrox g200 
tv with mjpg-support? or will this only help the encoding machine, the 
backend? i'd like to keep the machine as small (and quiet) as possible...

2.) about bandwith... how fast has the connection between backend and frontend 
gotta be? can someone estimate this? i will have some problems getting a 
100mbit-cable between those, but i have a wlan operating here, with 11mbit... 
would this suffice?

bye, stephan