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September 18, 2004
802.11b, USB & Cabling
Before the words could finish leaving Lori's mouth, "We should get another TiVo," a new Series 2 was ordered. Of course, the requisite Linksys WUSB 802.11b USB Wireless ethernet adapter was ordered with it.
After it arrived, I rearrange the TV stand in the basement and set it all up. Of course, its still ridiculous that the initial setup requires an analog phone line, but okay.
After trying multi-room viewing, I was shocked at the poor transfer times. It could have been a modem line running between these devices. A pair of 85% quality 802.11b connections running in Infrastructure mode was just plain acceptable.
So I took advantage of the Cat 5E cabling and switch I had just run over to the TV for Xbox live and bought 2 Linksys USB200M ethernet adapters and 100 Ft of Cable to wire the family room TiVo. Performance appears acceptable, some time along I'll post metrics.
Posted by KnipSter at September 18, 2004 01:05 PM
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