[mythtv-users] 802.11n for a frontend?

[John D. Friesen]

Remco Treffkorn wrote: 
> On Saturday 29 December 2007, John D. Friesen wrote: 
>   
>> Hello everyone, 
>> 
>> I finally setup a system to run Myth on. I used a nice case, designed for 
>> multimedia PCs, fanless video card, and a fairly quiet (although not 
>> fanless) power supply. However, my wife is very sensitive to noise, and 
>> even though I hardly noticed it, it started giving her a headache. So, if I 
>> want to setup Myth, I'm now left with having to setup a backend machine, 
>> and a completely silent frontend. The problem, is that I can't physically 
>> get network cabling to where our TV is, it has to be wireless. I don't see 
>> 802.11g cutting it (although correct me if I'm wrong), so I'm wondering if 
>> any of the 802.11n cards work with Linux yet? 
>>     
> 
> Feel corrected! 802.11g works very well even for HD content. 
> 
> I am sure there are ways to make it work "un-well", but you would have to work 
> at it. Like have a number of 802.11b stations connected to the same AP. 
> 
> If you dedicate an AP for the connection to your FE, you will not have a 
> problem. 
> 
>   
That is true if you are in a location where neighbors cannot disturb 
your signal. If you are in a USA city, with free-standing houses, this 
is likely true. If in another country (Like almost anywhere in Europe 
(houses build close to each other), or NY city (generally: apartment 
buildings) this is  most likely not true. 

One of the problems of 11g is that there are only 3 non-overlapping 
channels. If you are within reach of several neighbors, you tend to get 
disturbance from them..... 

Cheers, 

Rudy 
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Thanks for the input everyone. I guess I`ll start figuring out parts for a completely silent FE then.