[mythtv-users] Wireless G USB Dongles

[Fa Yoeu]

Switching from b to g only doubled my bandwidth, which really wasn't
that much to begin with.  I remember b was kinda jerky when streaming
mpeg2, g could keep up fairly well.


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:54:13 +0000, Ciaran <ciaranj at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:45:26 -0500, Hank VanZile <mythtv at hankvanzile.com> wrote:
> > I have my Myth box hooked up using a Netgear MA111 802.11b USB dongle.
> > It does work, using the linux-wlan drivers (http://www.linux-wlan.org/).
> >
> > The only problems I've had with it to date are that I had to hook it up
> > to a USB hub and everytime the box is restarted (which is fairly often,
> > since I still get some hard crashes with Myth), I have to unplug the hub
> > and plug it back in for the USB port to refresh properly.
> >
> > The last one is the really annoying part, but I've just read about a
> > modules.conf addition that may solve it.  I'm hoping it works, since it
> > is stopping me from moving my Myth box (a rather ugly beige mini-tower)
> > to behind my entertainment center.
> >
> > Ciaran wrote:
> >
> > >Has anyone gotten a 802.11g USB dongle working on their Myth box yet.
> > >I want to put a new frontend into my [wireless] network and as it is a
> > >pundit I have no card space [2 tuners], and the pcmcia slot would look
> > >quite ugly if filled at the front ?
> > >
> > >As much as I can grasp from googling is that USB + 802.11g + Linux is
> > >a painful experience, but if someone has some hardware that they know
> > >works, I can at least get this kit safe in the knowledge that its
> > >possible, I can get it up and running once I'm sure in something <g>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> Hi, does 802.11b have enough bandwidth to stream live tv ?
> Thanks,
> --
> - Ciaran
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