[mythtv-users] wireless frontend? - update the wiki?

[Peter Watkins]

Lots of good data points here -- perhaps we should add a table
to the wiki page at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Network
somewhat like the data point table on the XvMC page
(http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/XvMC#Example_CPU_Savings)

-Peter

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 03:10:57PM -0400, Phill Wiggin wrote:
> > Thanks for that info. I'd heard good reports from users of the
> > "Pringles" style antennas but this is the first I'd heard of the
> > easier-to-make pseudo-parabolic reflectors.
> >
> > Of course it depends on several factors, if the source of your

> Just for the record, I use 2 WRT54G routers with the Sveasoft firmware
> (Alchemy) in a WDS setup (which isn't the fastest way). I'm using the
> standard antennae, and the signal passes through 3 walls at a fairly
> bad angle. ;)
> 
>  I have my recording preferences at 704x480 and the end result is
> 2.2G/hr.  Playback is smooth with occasional jitters. Fast-forward
> buffering isn't instant, but it's acceptable. (This would improve with
> a lower bitrate mpeg.) These results are with a standard PVR-250 mpeg
> on a 54G wireless network running WDS. Results of when using a
> wireless card in the frontend should be somewhat better, I believe.