[mythtv] seperating backend/frontend

Cedar McKay mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Mon Jan 13 20:30:02 EST 2003


On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 08:50  AM, Robert Kulagowski wrote:

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>>>> but i have a wlan operating here, with 11mbit...  would this
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>>> No, it is not 11 megabits, and no, 802.11b is not really enough.
>> that's not quite the answer i wanted to hear, hehe
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> If it's 802.11b, then the raw throughput rate is 11Mbps.  But your
> effective over-the-air rate is less than half that.  I believe that
> Network World tested a few 802.11b APs last year, and found that the
> Cisco Aironet was the fastest, but that the data rate was something
> close to 4mbps.
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Depending on how wire adverse you are you might consider waiting for  
802.11g with an advertised 54 Mbps. I don't know when linux drivers 
will be available, but actiontec and belkin both announced 802.11g 
products for feb, and apple is shipping them right now.

cedar




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