[mythtv-users] 802.11n for a frontend?

[JJ]

John D. Friesen wrote:

>Remco Treffkorn wrote: 
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>>On Saturday 29 December 2007, John D. Friesen wrote: 
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>>>Hello everyone, 
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>>>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? 
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>>Feel corrected! 802.11g works very well even for HD content. 
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>>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. 
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>>If you dedicate an AP for the connection to your FE, you will not have a 
>>problem. 
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>That is true if you are in a location where neighbors cannot disturb 
>your signal. If you are in a USA city, with free-standing houses, this 
>is likely true. If in another country (Like almost anywhere in Europe 
>(houses build close to each other), or NY city (generally: apartment 
>buildings) this is  most likely not true. 
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>One of the problems of 11g is that there are only 3 non-overlapping 
>channels. If you are within reach of several neighbors, you tend to get 
>disturbance from them..... 
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>Cheers, 
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>Rudy 
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>Thanks for the input everyone. I guess I`ll start figuring out parts for a completely silent FE then.
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Or perhaps wireless headphones for the wife?
(wife hates em here...)
JJ