[mythtv-users] Yet another potential FrontEnd

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Mon Aug 18 13:40:07 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics <
steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:

>
>
> >> Your mileage with wireless is going to depend on how many
> >*other* wireless
> >> setups are in your neighbourhood. If you are in a densely
> >populated area you
> >> will probably have worse throughput than if you are out in
> >the sticks.
> >>
> >
>
>
> We've got a bunch of wireless networks in my area, but I've been able to
> stream 3 SD recordings all at the same time all to wireless
> frontends....all
> without any hickups. The backend is connected via cable to the wireless
> router. Don't have HD, so don't know.
>
>
There are definitely people far smarter than myself on this thread, but I
thought my real-world experience would be helpful.

My Mac Mini would stream SD somewhat reliably, but streaming HD recordings
or DVD ISO images was damn near impossible, even though the router was one
floor up, directly above me. I found that installing DD-WRT on an old
Linksys WRT54G router and cranking the wireless signal from 22mW to 200mW
solved my problems - Everything streamed like a charm with no issues.
Granted, who knows if I'm breaking FCC regs, and I'm probably getting
cancer, but at least I can watch House in my bedroom! :-)
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