[mythtv-gta]: Is 54Mbit wireless like "hub" or "switch"?

ted leslie tleslie-RBVUpeUoHUc at public.gmane.org
Fri Aug 27 06:37:34 UTC 2010


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tl


On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:12:21 -0400
William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> It seems that wiring is more complicated than I first thought.  That's
> because, location of antenna, point of entry, TVs, and computers are
> all over the place.  The wiring is getting messy.
> 
> I went with wireless home network, precisely because I wanted to avoid
> all those messy ethernet wirings.  Now, for HDTV, I'm faced with the
> same problem, but without easy solution.
> 
> -- 
> William
> 
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:23:06PM -0400, Eric Ball wrote:
> > Wireless is similar to a hub in that the bandwidth is shared by all
> > users.  However, the "users" will include anyone else with a WiFi
> > network using the same frequencies and any sources of interference
> > (both RF interference like microwaves and cordless phones and
> > self-interference like reflections off walls) or other signal
> > degradation (including distance).  Your 54Mbit wireless network
> > _might_ be able to support a single 19.4Mbit HD signal, while a
> > 100Mbps network will have no problem supporting two clients.  A 5 GHz
> > 802.11n (or 802.11a) network may have better success (both due to
> > higher potential bandwidth (N) and less interference / usage of the
> > 5GHz band).
> > 
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:25 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > I have 54Mbit wireless-G for home network.  Is 54Mbit speed for the
> > > whole network (like hub) or for each wireless device (like switch)?  I
> > > was wondering, if 2 mythtv clients are watching TV at the same time,
> > > whether 54Mbit is dedicated to each or spread over both.
> 
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