RE: Newbie needs Network / media centre solution!

[Stefan Gavin <stefangavin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marcus thanks for your reply.
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I have got totally mixed up with Mega bits and Mega Bytes, but also you
say=
that a 11-12 Mega Bytes per second network should allow me to play 48 Mega=
Bytes per second movies over it, is that right?
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When I rennovated the house I should of laid some cat 6 cable around, do
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u know what throughput a wired gigabit network using cat6 should give me,
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gain I was thinking in the region of up to 100 Mega Bytes per second!

Stefan Gavin
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To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx: marcus.warrington@xxxxxxx: Tue, 17 F=
eb 2009 15:47:08 +0000Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Newbie needs Network / media
ce=
ntre solution!



I wouldn't personally rely on wireless for any application that required
hi=
gh bandwidth or consistent throughput. Its just too susceptible to
external=
influences and interference. I use wireless (54g) for internet browsing on=
a couple of laptops at home, everything else is hardwired (cat5e 10/100). =
When I first started using wireless no other access points where around,
bu=
t now a few years later there are at least another 6 access points that
get=
detected. The through put and reliability has also deteriorated as more ne=
ighbours have gone wireless. I seem to remember that only 3 of the 11 (or
1=
3) channels available are actually unhindered by the other channels. i.e.
1=
, 6 and 11 are the ones to use, otherwise you get interference from the
oth=
er channels.For streaming any video (and especially HD) I would recommend
y=
ou look at a hardwired solution.> I initially looked into home plug or
Ethe=
rnet over powerline systems,> which sounded great at first 200 MB/sI
think =
you'll find that should be 200 Mb/s i.e. Mega bits not Mega Bytes.I'm sure
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I read a review that tested these and found its throughput was nearer
11-12=
Megabyte a seconds. That should be adequate for your Blu-Ray (48Mb/s)I thi=
nk the only way you'll approach anywhere near 20MB/s is by hard wiring
with=
cat5 or 6 and using Gigabit network cards. AFAIK there's no way you'll ach=
ieve anything like that wirelessly.Marcus > -----Original
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m: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of>
Ste=
fan Gavin> Sent: 17 February 2009 11:42> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Subjec=
t: [ukha_d] Newbie needs Network / media centre solution!> > > Hi
Guys, I'm=
after some advice if possible, I am not that technical so> bare with
me...=
> > Current Home Audio & PC set-up (Recently sold all my THX 7.1
system)> >=
> Desktop Machine (High Spec CAD & Graphics machine)> 2 X
laptop's / Noteb=
ooks> Recently completed media Centre PC Blu-Ray etc> Roksan Kandy L3
ampli=
fier> Spendor S6 floorstanding speakers> Panasonic Viera 42"
1080P> Samsung=
32" 1080P (Bedroom)> Plus more> > Media Centre is in living
room connected=
to 42" 1080P set via HDMI and> seems to be running ok minus about
100 nigg=
ling problems. I have a> separate media drive in here which contains a
back=
-up of all my music,> videos and pics from my desktop machine. (Not
Ideal) =
I like the files> stored locally here so they can be accessed quickly,
and =
so my movies run> smoothly etc.> > Desktop machine in the study
also with s=
eparate 1TB dive contains all my> media, this drive is where I edit my
MP3 =
tags etc and download my movies> etc to. I then back it up over a
standard =
wireless network to my media> centre. I'm getting around 2-4MB/s which
agai=
n is not ideal.> > I recently sent back a Synology DS108J which also
was on=
ly giving me> around 4-5MB/s transfer speed for backing up my files,
which =
was not> acceptable. I later find out this is common! I was expecting
40MB/=
s plus.> > Ideally what I would like is for everything I own
digitally stor=
ed on a> large NAS - high speed Gigabit or whatever and accessible from
any=
machine> at high speeds, this can be done wired through Gigabit I
believe =
but not> wirelessly. I need it to do it wirelessly because my media
centre =
is> downstairs. I already have a wireless N card in my media centre and
hav=
e> been looking at wireless N routers with full gigabit connectivity, I
am>=
not 100% sure though that this will work as I need it to.> > However
to pl=
ay my HD rips or MKV files smoothly I figure I need a> constant data
transf=
er speed of 20 MB/s which would also make the network> more usable for
tran=
sferring files. This would enable me to store> everything on a large NAS
wi=
th RAID or mirroring technology for back up -> this would then be
accessibl=
e by any machine meaning I could play HD> content on any TV in house,
but m=
ost importantly on my Viera through my> media centre.> > I am
probably comp=
letely going wrong here so please anybody put me right,> but my
understandi=
ng is that Blu-Ray has a maximum bitrate of 48 Mbps for> both video and
aud=
io - so if my network could run faster than this then I> could
essentially =
play Blu-Ray discs over the network (Not that I want to)> MKV files
bitrate=
is up to around 10Mbps so providing I can get a faster> speed than this
I =
could play most of my HD compressed films? This is my> logic
anyway...> > I=
initially looked into home plug or Ethernet over powerline systems,>
which=
sounded great at first 200 MB/s - perfect I though for playing HD> which
i=
t says on the tin, only to later find out that the connection on> the
home =
plug is standard 10/100 cat5 which made me sceptical, and quite> rightly
so=
as I now believe I would be lucky to get anymore than 6MB/s> over this
typ=
e of system.> > So back to Wireless N and gigabit systems
possibly.> > Any =
help here would be very much appreciated????> > Sorry for the length
of my =
message....> > Stefan Gavin> > (M) 07737 753645> (E)
stefangavin@xxxxxxx=
m> > > > > >
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