[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 99

Reid Anderson reidsanderson at gmail.com
Tue Oct 28 19:25:03 UTC 2008


I know it is a Ralink Technology chipset, but I'm not at home to
confirm the exact model, I believe it was a 2750 mPCI...


On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:26 AM,  <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org> wrote:

> Reid Anderson wrote:
>> I too have an Asus EEE Box as a Frontend, but currently it is sitting
>> right next to the backend because I haven't been able to get the
>> wireless n card in it to function properly with my Apple Airport
>> Extreme Base Station and I don't have a network drop in the bedroom
>> where it will ultimately go.  When working wired, there are no
>> problems, it connects to the backend just fine, plays videos,
>> recordings, and even 720p HD from my HDHomeRun without a problem.
>> Although to be fair, I have only tested the HDHomeRun tuner on it
>> briefly.  The TV that the Eee will be connected to isn't capable of
>> displaying HD, so I had it connected to an LCD computer monitor at the
>> time.  It will be a quiet machine for the bedroom TV which will only
>> be used to view SD (until we decide to buy a new TV for the bedroom,
>> but we see no need for that for a while).  So, if anyone out there has
>> been able to get the wireless n card in the Asus Eee Box working
>> properly, I would love to know how you did it...
>
> Do you know what the chipset is in the wireless card? That's usually the
> most critical piece of info on getting a wireless card working.
>
> I picked up an Acer Aspire One to play with as a portable F/E, the
> Atheros wireless card works OK. It's a lot of machine for $325. I'm
> wondering what I can do with the Intel graphics.
>
> beww


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