[mythtv-users] Anyone using a USB wireless adapter on an Xbox?

R. Cody Erben erben22 at mtnaircomputer.net
Mon Jun 26 05:40:59 UTC 2006


 >I have an extra USB 2.0 wireless adapter (Cheap AirLink AWLL4030) that 
 >I have managed to get working with Knoppix live DVD using Ndiswrapper.
 >
 >Now my question:
 >
 >Does anyone use a USB wireless adapter on their Xbox for MythTV?  I am 
 >worried that the Xbox's USB 1.1 (12 Mbps I think?) may not be fast 
 >enough for streaming of live video.

Not the exact same setup, but I'm running a frontend on a Dell Inspiron 
8100, USB1.1, Belkin F5D7050 USB WLAN adpater, ZD1211 driver, and cannot 
use the frontend over wireless.  In my setup, only 802.11b is supported 
with the USB1.1 connection with the ZD1211 driver.

The frontend spits out a bunch of pre-buffering messages, and from a 
little bit of poking around, it seems like this occurs with 802.11b 
connections, at least in the USB adapter scenario.  I'd love to try a 
PCMCIA 802.11g card that I used to use, but alas, my PCMCIA slots 
tangled with a toddler and lost, necessitating me to investigate the USB 
WLAN path.

If I drag a lan cable across the hallway and hookup that way, the 
frontend is able to play just fine, so it looks like the 802.11b 
connection cannot keep up.  In googling around (look for the 
prebuffering/pre-buffering error messages from mythfrontend), I think I 
saw notes where people with 802.11g setups were having success, so if 
there is a way to run G over USB1.1, you might have some success.

Cody




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