Morning all.
I currently have a home network that is wired through a netgear router (DG834). I have two PCs in my office and an HTPC in the living room all connected via ethernet, plus the wifi (wireless G i think) from the DG834 for the phones and the wifes laptop.
We have just got a new TV for the bedroom and I want to add a raspberry pi with XBMC for media player duties.
Now, the issue is getting a network connection to the raspberry pi. I have many movies in 1080p that are 8-14 GB big, and do occasionally play rips straight from the blu-ray. (I am aware of the limitations of the raspberry pi)
The distance between the netgear router and the raspberry pi will only be about 2 meters or so from one bedroom, across the landing to another bedroom, line of sight with only interior doors in between that are usually open anyway.
Ideally I would use an Ethernet cable, but I cant neatly and safely run a cable, (it’s a rented house so I cant drill, and the cable would pass the top of the stairs, so not good from a safety point of view since I cant nail it down)
So my options seem to be wifi or homeplugs.
I have a Linksys WRT54L that I could setup as a wireless bridge to use with the netgear, or I could get some homeplugs to provide the link. Based on the distance etc, which option seems like the best? I could try the wireless option without spending any money, since I already have the equipment, but it would take a little time to set it all up, and I would be limited to wireless G speeds.
I don’t suppose there are any other affordable point to point links worthy of consideration?
Thanks
I currently have a home network that is wired through a netgear router (DG834). I have two PCs in my office and an HTPC in the living room all connected via ethernet, plus the wifi (wireless G i think) from the DG834 for the phones and the wifes laptop.
We have just got a new TV for the bedroom and I want to add a raspberry pi with XBMC for media player duties.
Now, the issue is getting a network connection to the raspberry pi. I have many movies in 1080p that are 8-14 GB big, and do occasionally play rips straight from the blu-ray. (I am aware of the limitations of the raspberry pi)
The distance between the netgear router and the raspberry pi will only be about 2 meters or so from one bedroom, across the landing to another bedroom, line of sight with only interior doors in between that are usually open anyway.
Ideally I would use an Ethernet cable, but I cant neatly and safely run a cable, (it’s a rented house so I cant drill, and the cable would pass the top of the stairs, so not good from a safety point of view since I cant nail it down)
So my options seem to be wifi or homeplugs.
I have a Linksys WRT54L that I could setup as a wireless bridge to use with the netgear, or I could get some homeplugs to provide the link. Based on the distance etc, which option seems like the best? I could try the wireless option without spending any money, since I already have the equipment, but it would take a little time to set it all up, and I would be limited to wireless G speeds.
I don’t suppose there are any other affordable point to point links worthy of consideration?
Thanks
