rbl;565695 Wrote: > But powerlines also suffer from noise apparently. I think going to N at > 5GHz makes sense since not many people use it (yet), and at least you > dodge bluetooth, phones and microwaves. Of course the SB3 is still G, > but at least part of the network would be better
Everything suffers from noise, even ethernet cables, it's all about the kind of noise and how it's managed. Cat5 etc. handles noise very well and is designed specifically for what it does, hence why it does it so well and is so reliable. Powerline Networking suffers from noise, but as the signal is confined to your homes circuit there is less chance of disruption from your neighbour. Wireless doesn't just suffer from noise and interference, there is congestion to contend with too. When you are transferring data between two devices over wireless you are sending to the access point then it is sending to the other device. So any bandwidth you do have is being halved straight away. Then you have cheap wireless access points and routers (even devices costing a lot can actually be cheap hardware with a nice shiny case) that struggle to maintain a broadband connection, DHCP, NAT, firewall, and multiple data streams at the same time. too much work and they will start dropping packets, this is bad when it comes to streaming audio nd video as once it's gone it's gone. When transferring a file the computers can always ask for a packet to be re-sent. I'm not trying to make excuses for your problems, just trying to highlight the many variables that effect wireless networking :) -- funkstar '[project log] funkstars digital lifestyle' (http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-lifestyle/179882-project-log-funkstars-digital-lifestyle.html) - 'hexus.community' (http://forums.hexus.net/) *in use:* *1*x touch, *1*x boom, *2*x sb3, *1*x controller *in a box:* *1*x radio, *1*x (beta) controller, *1*x receiver, *1*x sb2 wired (silver), *1*x sb (black), *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) if you have any others, let me know, i'm interested!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80802 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
