[vdr] SV: [OT] Re: SV: Re: streaming VDR and W-LANer

["Martin Altemark" <martin.altemark@linewise.se>]

> >> > has anyone tried streaming VDR in a W-Lan environnement?
> >> > I recently bought a 22 Mbps W-Lan set at "Norma". However, 
> >> it is not fast 
> >> > enough for streaming MPEG2. 
> >> > So has anyone experience with the "g" standard (i.e. 54 
> >> Mbit)? Will it be fast 
> >> > enough for distances like 20-30 m across a house?
> >> > 
> >> > Maybe I return my 22 Mbit set and get a 54 Mbit instead ...
> >> 
> >> If you plan to use the "g" standard on Linux you should 
> first hunt for
> >> some drivers - AFAIK there is just one chipset rudimentarily 
> >> supported.
> > 
> > I think most cards are actually supported. I myself can 
> confirm that netgear WG501 works...
> 
> What kind of driver dou you use and what chip set is in your Netgear
> product?
> 
> I only found the following two drivers:
> Intersil chip sets - http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/802.11g/
> Atheros chip sets  - http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/

The netgear one has an intersil chip.

supported intersil cards:
http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/802.11g/Documentation/supported_cards.php

I think most 802.11g cards on the market are intersil or atherosbased, so support should be getting lots better (the intersil drivers is just about one month old, so this is kind of new). I just verified that the driver worked and then moved it back into my laptop which runs windows.

/Martin Altemark


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