Soldato
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This is both a rant, and a plea for any help that may be available!
I have a BT Business Hub wireless router (manufactured by 2Wire) and (up to) 3 wirelessly networked PCs (which are now all wired). I had to get shot of the wireless aspect, because quite frankly, it was total crap for streaming media to the Media Centre PC in the living room. I decided to give wireless a second chance, and as my new mobo includes built in wifi, it was my PC that went wireless, while all of the others remained wired.
In Vista the signal status registeres as Excellent, and the speed shows the stated 54mbps (although I know in real terms I get far less than this). However, even with this apparently fantastic signal, I simply cannot stream a 170mb 20minute long Simpsons episode from my PC without it stopping and starting like a clapped old banger.
I have always been under the impression that a wireless G network has more than enough bandwidth to handle these sorts of streaming duties, so why, in light of the apparently perfect wireless network connection that my PC has, is the whole thing such a big pile of crap that doens't work very well?
It'd be great if anyone could chime in with any suggestions that might help improve matters, or simply tell me once and for all that I might as well give up on wifi. Needless to say, I am now back to a wired connection pending further research into the matter.
Thank you for your time
Michael.
I have a BT Business Hub wireless router (manufactured by 2Wire) and (up to) 3 wirelessly networked PCs (which are now all wired). I had to get shot of the wireless aspect, because quite frankly, it was total crap for streaming media to the Media Centre PC in the living room. I decided to give wireless a second chance, and as my new mobo includes built in wifi, it was my PC that went wireless, while all of the others remained wired.
In Vista the signal status registeres as Excellent, and the speed shows the stated 54mbps (although I know in real terms I get far less than this). However, even with this apparently fantastic signal, I simply cannot stream a 170mb 20minute long Simpsons episode from my PC without it stopping and starting like a clapped old banger.
I have always been under the impression that a wireless G network has more than enough bandwidth to handle these sorts of streaming duties, so why, in light of the apparently perfect wireless network connection that my PC has, is the whole thing such a big pile of crap that doens't work very well?
It'd be great if anyone could chime in with any suggestions that might help improve matters, or simply tell me once and for all that I might as well give up on wifi. Needless to say, I am now back to a wired connection pending further research into the matter.
Thank you for your time
Michael.
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