[mythtv-users] 802.11n for a frontend?

[Remco Treffkorn]

On Saturday 29 December 2007, John D. Friesen wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I finally setup a system to run Myth on. I used a nice case, designed for
> multimedia PCs, fanless video card, and a fairly quiet (although not
> fanless) power supply. However, my wife is very sensitive to noise, and
> even though I hardly noticed it, it started giving her a headache. So, if I
> want to setup Myth, I'm now left with having to setup a backend machine,
> and a completely silent frontend. The problem, is that I can't physically
> get network cabling to where our TV is, it has to be wireless. I don't see
> 802.11g cutting it (although correct me if I'm wrong), so I'm wondering if
> any of the 802.11n cards work with Linux yet?

Feel corrected! 802.11g works very well even for HD content.

I am sure there are ways to make it work "un-well", but you would have to work 
at it. Like have a number of 802.11b stations connected to the same AP.

If you dedicate an AP for the connection to your FE, you will not have a 
problem.


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