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Right folks, I've been out of touch with tech for the last couple of years, but I've just bought my own place so need a router as I can't take my parents'!
It needs to:
- be capable of N speeds
- be able to accept NAS connections for external storage (I have a 2TB western digital mybook thing - the fat white ones!)
- be rock solid
- be able to stream HD media to my TV downstairs (in combination with a media streamer)
- gigabit LAN would be a bonus
Budget isn't especially important, though obviously the lower the better. Would prefer to keep it sub £150 if possible, though. Currently looking at higher end Netgears and some Drayteks - a new name to me in the last few weeks, if I'm honest.
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Also, I have a media streamer at my parents' house (D-Link DSM-330) which wirelessly pulls down films from my network onto the TV downstairs. But my parents will want to keep it, I imagine!
I've looked into the Popcorn Hour A-110, which seems to tick all my boxes except one - it isn't wireless. Should I suck it up and drape a cable up the stairs or go powerline? I know it has a USB port for sticking a dongle in, but that will kill the HD streaming capability as it won't be using the full N capability of the network then.
.... or is there a competent way of doing HD media streaming using my Xbox 360? I know it's possible, but I don't want a 'streaming for dummies' thing - I want a the proper deal. Which is exactly what I have now, but full HD rather than the 720p bitrate stuff I'm limited to on the DSM-330.
Thanks in advance!
It needs to:
- be capable of N speeds
- be able to accept NAS connections for external storage (I have a 2TB western digital mybook thing - the fat white ones!)
- be rock solid
- be able to stream HD media to my TV downstairs (in combination with a media streamer)
- gigabit LAN would be a bonus
Budget isn't especially important, though obviously the lower the better. Would prefer to keep it sub £150 if possible, though. Currently looking at higher end Netgears and some Drayteks - a new name to me in the last few weeks, if I'm honest.
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Also, I have a media streamer at my parents' house (D-Link DSM-330) which wirelessly pulls down films from my network onto the TV downstairs. But my parents will want to keep it, I imagine!
I've looked into the Popcorn Hour A-110, which seems to tick all my boxes except one - it isn't wireless. Should I suck it up and drape a cable up the stairs or go powerline? I know it has a USB port for sticking a dongle in, but that will kill the HD streaming capability as it won't be using the full N capability of the network then.
.... or is there a competent way of doing HD media streaming using my Xbox 360? I know it's possible, but I don't want a 'streaming for dummies' thing - I want a the proper deal. Which is exactly what I have now, but full HD rather than the 720p bitrate stuff I'm limited to on the DSM-330.
Thanks in advance!
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