[mythtv-users] Network Attached USB Adapter

[Kirk Bocek]

On 4/13/2010 8:33 AM, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
> 
>> I wonder what would happen if part of the network link was wireless
>> (like a
>> WiFi bridge). IOW, what network layer does it operate on?
> 
> Regardless whether it operates at the ethernet layer or IP layer (I'd
> think the latter is more likely) it doesn't matter. Bridges, repeaters,
> switches (all essentially the same thing) are transparent (and should be
> invisible) to devices on the network.

That is, invisible other than for latency and bandwidth. Those could be
concerns if a USB device is expecting a certain degree of responsiveness from
the host.