[mythtv-users] Wireless on Linux

[BP]

John Smith wrote:
> Does anybody have a wireless MythTV box? I'm just
> trying to determine which (if any) PCI wireless cards
> work under Linux.
> 
> Rasmus checked out several cards to possibly use:
> http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/13-802.11g-PCI-card-options.html
> 
> There's also Linuxant, about which I don't know
> anything:
> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/
> 
> John
> 

I've had very good luck using ndiswrapper (uses the windows driver on 
Linux) with my laptop and a Broadcom BCM4306 chipset.  As for my 
Mythbox, I switced to an ethernet-802.11g bridge about a year ago after 
having stability issues with the prism 802.11b linux drivers.

No matter which way you go, I wouldn't depend upon a wireless connection 
for watching/recording video over a network.  Some days, I have great 
network performance, others, it's unwatchable.  It does work very 
reliably for music, pictures, mythweb, etc.