[mythtv-users] Power Line Network Connections and Myth ?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sun Sep 26 17:15:02 UTC 2010


On Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:44:18 am Wieslaw Kierbedz wrote:
> W dniu 26.09.2010 18:31, Brian Wood anonsuje::
> > Anyone have any experience with any of the various powerline networking
> > units being sold?
> > 
> > I know WiFi us a poor choice for connecting a Myth frontend, but my
> > brother has a situation where hard wiring is going to be difficult, and
> > I'm looking for alternatives.
> > 
> > I'm certain none of the available units will actually meet their
> > advertised speeds, but some are rated at 200 Mbps, and if I can get even
> > half of that I should be OK.
> 
> My experiences with 802.11n (wi-fi 300Mb) under linux are very uninviting.
> Every card I tried (only ath9 - different chipsets from atheros) works
> very slow.
> I mean none have worked properly.
> 
> Older 802.11g (54 Mb) almost all worked well.
> 54Mb/s should be enough for most video streams too.
> 
> I think you should find some 802.11n but you should be careful.
> Perhaps some network oriented forum would be better for such investigation?
> And use some wi-fi 802.11n router connected into mythbackend server with
> cable.

I've pretty much written off any form of WiFi, even the 5Ghz. stuff (802.11a or 5Ghz. 802.11n) is just too iffy IMHO.

That's why I'm looking at the available powerline options (802.3/802.3u).



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