On Sunday 30 January 2005 02:24 pm, Brian Foddy wrote: > Guess I've been behind on the Jan threads, but was surprised to > learn about the air2pc option. This looks interesting, and I see from > the archives some people are starting to experiment. Checking > out their web site tho, I find the Air2LAN device perhaps even > more interesting. > > According to the spec sheet, there is a Linux library > available. Depending on specifics and costs, etc; > I see more potential in this approach. > > You could have several of these, connected to a gigabit > lan (the individual device is limited to 100), writing to > a Lan Storage device (PC or dedicated), and a small > frontend . > Most of the devices are stuffed out of the > way (basement, office), a small frontend, and the network. > The network really becomes most of the system; with very > few parts required. Depending on the device costs, this > could be significantly easier and cheaper than PCI based > cards. > > Does anyone have more info on if this approach > would be viable? > > Brian
A followup to my own note. I emailed bbti today and asked about the Air2LAN device, both cost and the Linux library. The cost is $399 ea, I'm still waiting to hear details on the library. Brian _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
