I use my IBM Thinkpad as a mobile frontend.<br><br>The Thinkpad is probably what's of interest to you. I don't know what the wireless cart is. I run Knoppix as a CD boot frontend and always just accept the defaults. The ThinkPad really belongs to work and runs Windows, so I've never payed much attention to the hardware config. It's a T42
1.8Ghz Pentium M.<br><br>Come to think of it, I have used my older 12" Apple PowerBook (876Mhz) as a frontend as well from time to time, with good results as well.<br><br>The wireless reception seems to have little hiccups every now and then, but for the most part it works fine for SD video, although I'd suggest you try get a strong wireless signal. I have too many variables to peg the hiccups I've had to the wireless as the cause, but in general it works fine.
<br><br>-Pete<br><a href="http://www.mythpvr.com">http://www.mythpvr.com</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason</b> <<a href="mailto:fearthepenguin@jasonandjessi.com">fearthepenguin@jasonandjessi.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm running wireless without any hiccups. Even when my 802.11g<br>connection dips down to 11mb, I still seem to be ok with 720x480 SD and
<br>DVD's ripped at 512xXXX at 1500 bps. My other frontend is over ethernet,<br>so I can't comment on the ability to run more then 1 FE over a .g link,<br>but it should be just fine. I only use around 700K with spikes to
1.2M<br>when Im streaming a movie. Less for live TV. I would guess that you<br>should be able to do 2 FEs with a strong wifi signal, but that is just a<br>guess.<br><br>Jason<br>The place where you made your stand never mattered,
<br>only that you were there... and still on your feet<br><br><br><br>Michael Rice wrote:<br>> I've had my single box MythTV solution running now since March and<br>> successfully transitioned the wife and kids from Tivo. The box with
<br>> two PVR cards and a hard drive going all the time is pretty loud and I<br>> am ready to try to improve the situation.<br>><br>> Short term goal: Separate frontend and backend. Backend upstairs,<br>> quiet frontend in living room.
<br>> Longer term goal: Add one or more frontends in other rooms.<br>><br>> The first problem I have is networking. Currently the box is using a<br>> USB wireless-G solution with ndiswrapper driver, which works fine for
<br>> getting guide data and opening an occasional shell to do something on<br>> the box. I've always been a little hesitant about wireless reliability<br>> and currently watching recorded shows is stutter free and any hiccups
<br>> in the network will lower WAF considerably. Theoretically wireless-G<br>> should be ok for SD video streaming (I don't need HD at the moment)...<br>> Anyone running a setup like this want to comment?<br>>
<br>> Would a wireless bridge/adapter give better performance? That would<br>> get the poor WiFi support Linux has out of the equation anyway.<br>><br>> Would a powerline adapter (like the Netgear HDX101) be more reliable
<br>> than wireless-g? Anyone using these successfully?<br>><br>> I know wireless and powerline can vary widely based on location and<br>> environment so my mileage may vary of course... But installing wired<br>
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