[mythtv-users] MythTV-Wirless

[Bill Bradley]

I had no luck w/ 802.11b.  It was too choppy...even in the same room as the 
AP.  I upgrade to 802.11g and now it works great.  I had to get the linuxant 
WLAN driverloader to get the "full" 54 Mbps though.  Well worth the price I 
might add.  Can Myth and BBQ @ the same time ;)

On Friday 20 February 2004 09:45, Chris Strom wrote:
> That's really surprising, I've had no trouble at all with a frontend
> (laptop) over 802.11b.  I've been doing it since back at the 0.10
> release (IIRC). There were some nice additions to make it even more
> responsive for the 0.14 release.
>
> I have no trouble watching anywhere in the house - even two floors
> removed from my access point.  So you can put me down in the category of
> "had success".
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 09:15:08AM -0600, Adam Biskobing wrote:
> > I've had nothing but failure with 802.11b, I'm going to be attempting
> > 802.11g here fairly soon, maybe that will have better luck
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Scott Francis
> > > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:44 AM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV-Wirless
> > >
> > >
> > > I know this has been discussed before, but I was curious if
> > > anyone has had success with a wireless 11b network for a
> > > frontend connection.  The sad part is my access point is
> > > actually a 11g network, but the bridge to my MythBox is an
> > > 11b.  I'd like to set up a frontend in the living room (my
> > > current setup is in the bedroom), but I'm afraid of the
> > > signal not being able to push enough throughput in order to work.
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried this and had success, or is 11g really the
> > > only way to go?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Scott