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PeteCress
Nov 04, 2013Apprentice
Connect Ultra-6 to Router via USB?
My Ultra-6 has two USB ports. My LinkSys E3000 router has a USB port. LinkSys goes on about E3000's "Media Server" and I vaguely recall something about a media server for the Ultra-6. Seems l...
PeteCress
Nov 05, 2013Apprentice
StephenB wrote: ...but generally you'd want 802.11ac (and use 5 Ghz). Some mobile devices support 802.11ac.
Interference/throughput variation does create problems though, especially in the 2.4 ghz band.
I noticed that the Google's new Nexus 5 does 802.11ac.
My rips are all .MPG for various reasons of convenience. Movies, of course, are no problem because I don't have or do BluRay... but as OTA stations go over to HD, they become unwatchable via WiFi except via my Tivo-On-Steroids PC-based app and it's network extenders or it's PC-based client. It's *almost* got me thinking about a Windows Surface tablet..... since the client is smart about bandwidth.
I was even dabbling in SplashDesktop: use a 10" tablet to bring up a desktop in to a PC.... but SplashDesktop had showstopper problems that I can't recall. TeamViewer's remote desktop is just too crude on an Android device.
What do you think about the possibilities of 802.11ad?
What little I've read about ac and ad leave me thinking there are compromises with both when it comes to range and neighboring WAPs and I shouldn't get my hopes up about watching Charlie Rose in HD on my tablet while laying on the couch after dinner.....
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