[mythtv-users] Wireless on Linux
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Wed Sep 15 03:33:09 EDT 2004
John Smith wrote:
> Does anybody have a wireless MythTV box? I'm just
> trying to determine which (if any) PCI wireless cards
> work under Linux.
>
> Rasmus checked out several cards to possibly use:
> http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/13-802.11g-PCI-card-options.html
>
> There's also Linuxant, about which I don't know
> anything:
> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/
>
> John
>
I've had very good luck using ndiswrapper (uses the windows driver on
Linux) with my laptop and a Broadcom BCM4306 chipset. As for my
Mythbox, I switced to an ethernet-802.11g bridge about a year ago after
having stability issues with the prism 802.11b linux drivers.
No matter which way you go, I wouldn't depend upon a wireless connection
for watching/recording video over a network. Some days, I have great
network performance, others, it's unwatchable. It does work very
reliably for music, pictures, mythweb, etc.
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