You could also go, like I thought his plan was, to use a ethernet to wireless bridge. Those are a bit pricey. I would be more inclined to run cat5 but I am the kind of guy that enjoys running cable and getting a little sweaty to save some money and gain some bandwidth.
--- Marty Mastera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:22:48 -0000, George Styles > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1) I plan on buying a second hand XBOX and > > putting Linux on it to run > > > > MythTV as a Front End to the rest of my system > > > > > > > > Q.1 Wondered if I could get a Webcam working > > with the XBOX (nice to > > > > have!) > > > > > > The XBox features 4 USB ports, so a USB webcam > > would work (with an adapter > > > which is a passive, easily home-made job) > > > > > Sorry to reply to this thread about the webcam, but > I already deleted the original post! > > In any case, be careful about Wireless-G on the > Xbox. I had similar plans until I learned that the > USB ports are USB 1.0 or 1.1 (can't remember > which)...a Wireless-G card will work, but not at G > speeds. This may not be a deal breaker for you, but > I read somewhere that live TV on a wireless frontend > was only doable using Wireless G (54 Mbps) > speeds...The bandwidth on the Xbox ports at 12 Mbps > doesn't allow for that. > > If my information about the USB spec for the Xbox > ports is wrong, please let me know! I would love to > actually get 54 Mbps from a USB wireless G adapter, > but based on the above info, I am looking for a way > to drop cat5 to the xbox instead. > > marty > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
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