My HDhomerun could record on the backend and play on a separate frontend at the same time on a 100Base-T network. But playing recorded HD shows over samba on windows didn't work smoothly until I upgraded to gigabit network. I upgraded to gigabit just because I wanted to beable to support multiple frontends playing HD recordings at the same time.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">jafa</b> <<a href="mailto:jafa@silicondust.com">jafa@silicondust.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;">
Steve wrote:<br>> Ok - After some emails from mythtv-users I'm looking at getting the HD<br>> HomeRun. It seems like a pretty good setup with not having to worry about<br>> drivers and such.<br>><br>> Found some old mythtv-users emails about it and it sounds like it could
<br>> put a good amount of traffic/strain on my existing 100mb ethernet network.<br>> Does anyone have an opinion on would be better - a separate network from<br>> your home/work network or upgrading to a 1G network.
<br>><br>> Or even a third option combining both - 1G ethernet on it's own network.<br>><br>Hi Steve,<br><br>A typical HD channel will generate around 15Mbps of traffic.<br><br>If you are looking to upgrade your network then I would recommend a
<br>gigabit switch - no configuration needed and it makes file transfers<br>between machines faster.<br><br>My home system with 3 x HDHomeRun devices is running through a $45<br>8-port DLink gigabit switch. The 5-port version is $35.
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