[mythtv-users] Wireless Frontend
Charles H. Chapman
ccmail at bellsouth.net
Sat Apr 14 15:54:07 UTC 2007
> I'm using wireless 54g just fine... for SD. I doubt 54g would do HD
> for you but that's just a hunch.
This is a myth (so to speak) that I've been trying to dispel without
much luck. 802.11G has more than enough bandwidth to do HD -- I use it
in my house without so much as a hickup. The key is to set up the
access point for a little less than the maximum speed of 54 MB/s. Force
it to use something less, like 48 MB/s or 36 MB/s, so that retries will
not be necessary. The other key to using wireless it to not use
encryption for controlling access -- that adds overhead (and thus
decreases bandwidth). Use MAC address filtering instead. I think the
people on this list who complain about wireless not working have not
tried these methods.
Chuck
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