Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N)
On Mon, 10 May 2010, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: All of the wifi bridges I have seen just support one device on the other end... Plug it into a switch... Dropping a wire down through a wall into a crawl space on the other end of the house and then running under the house is a major pain. Could just do that to get the wireless bridge closer to the wire if you suspect a range issue. Christopher Fisk -- Wash: Oh my god, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar. --Episode #12, The Message
[H] Any Handbrake users want to compare notes?
I'm largely ignorant of video encoding and curious about other Handbrake users and wanted to ask what you do when you copy/backup your movies to a server. Are you just copying the VIDEO_TS file and then playing it over the LAN or do you convert/compress it during the rip to conserve quality and save disk space? Do you use the pre-sets to convert to your favorite hand held device or use size, bit rate or constant quality? Do you have a minimum file size before you see a difference in quality? Appreciate your feedback. I tried something different today, by converting/compressing a 7.63 GB VIDEO_TS file from the hardrive (640 GB WD Black) instead of my 22x SATA optical drive (takes about 20 minutes just to get it on my hardrive for conversion). I crammed it down to 700 MB's (because I like the idea of being able to burn to a CD-R if I choose because they are so cheap). I used the Turbo First Pass to write the log file with the 2 pass method, h.264 codec/.m4v container. Using 6 cores the first pass ETA was 26+ minutes from optical and 16+ minutes from hardrive. Second pass ETA was about the same from optical and just over 14 minutes from hardrive with CPU usage jumping from half to almost 100% during the actual encoding. Then to see the difference extra cores make I went into Msconfig/Advanced Boot Options and disabled 2 cores, rebooted and ran the same experiment again with the same programs loaded giving it time to settle down. Everything started to fluctuate wildly with ETA between 14-27 minutes and CPU usage between 20-90% first pass log creation. 2nd pass ETA (100% CPU ) was also pretty bad and I'm sure I should have used a stop watch for an accurate time. Between bad ETA's and Vista's notorious disk I/O it was probably a bad experiment but I'm sure of 2 things. Everything happens faster from the hardrive with the more cores the merrier.
Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N)
Well, I got my powerline stuff a day earlyall of it is netgear, but still running the linksys wrt56g at 10/100. Getting the netgear powerline stuff going is too easy...just plug in the PL adapter, plug in the ethernet cable to it, and than plug in the other piece (I got the 4 port AV unit) into a socket someplace. So right now I have the laptop at the other end of the house (one level down), where the wireless signal barely makes it. But on the powerline system I got 100 Mbps network (what's reported) and I am transfering files at 45 Mbps (big files). Of course, that same file moved over the router to my other PC moves at 92 Mbps. So wired ethernet is definitely better than powerline, but we knew that. I can't wait to try this on the Netgear router...it will take longer to get that up, so I'm doing simple tests first. On 5/10/2010 11:00 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: I've used a few a scrapped all of them. Very slooow and intermittently glitchy. I still have a couple sitting at home somewhere. lopaka From: Anthony Q. Martinamar...@charter.net To: The Hardware Listhardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 6:22:18 AM Subject: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N) Since I have both Tivo and a Blu-ray player downstairs, I'm think that perhaps a powerline adapter would be a better option. That way, I could connect both devices over a powerline network rather than using a special adapter for Tivo and nothing for the Blu-ray. And, if I get an XBox or something like that, I have a ready solution for networking. From some reading, the logic goes that a wired ethernet connection is best, followed by a powerline connect, and then a wireless connection. Is that true? I live in a two story house, so one wondering if the wiring is truly connected between the levels. Anyone played with one? I guess I can be the tester... - So I hear that Tivo now has an 802.11n wireless adapter. I get spoiled watching HD movies from Amazon on my Tivo XL. Having the speed of 802.11n would make the transfers faster. But my laptops are 802.11b and g. Will they work on an 802.11n system? Are the backward compaticable? Would my new phone (Droid Incredible), when I get it, be able to use 802.11n on its WiFi? What about an iPad? Is everything new these days 802.11n ready? I just read the descriptions of two different products on Amazon and neither of them mentioned backwards compatibility. That makes me think it's not there. If it is there, which router is best? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/10/10 02:26:00
Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N)
Good to hear it working well for you. The wiring in my condo is substandard and I believe that's one of the reasons it wasn't reliable for me. I HAVE to use UPS's with line conditioning on all computers here or they will start having random issues from frequent power drops and spikes. lopaka From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 2:12:29 PM Subject: Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N) Well, I got my powerline stuff a day earlyall of it is netgear, but still running the linksys wrt56g at 10/100. Getting the netgear powerline stuff going is too easy...just plug in the PL adapter, plug in the ethernet cable to it, and than plug in the other piece (I got the 4 port AV unit) into a socket someplace. So right now I have the laptop at the other end of the house (one level down), where the wireless signal barely makes it. But on the powerline system I got 100 Mbps network (what's reported) and I am transfering files at 45 Mbps (big files). Of course, that same file moved over the router to my other PC moves at 92 Mbps. So wired ethernet is definitely better than powerline, but we knew that. I can't wait to try this on the Netgear router...it will take longer to get that up, so I'm doing simple tests first. On 5/10/2010 11:00 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: I've used a few a scrapped all of them. Very slooow and intermittently glitchy. I still have a couple sitting at home somewhere. lopaka From: Anthony Q. Martinamar...@charter.net To: The Hardware Listhardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 6:22:18 AM Subject: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N) Since I have both Tivo and a Blu-ray player downstairs, I'm think that perhaps a powerline adapter would be a better option. That way, I could connect both devices over a powerline network rather than using a special adapter for Tivo and nothing for the Blu-ray. And, if I get an XBox or something like that, I have a ready solution for networking. From some reading, the logic goes that a wired ethernet connection is best, followed by a powerline connect, and then a wireless connection. Is that true? I live in a two story house, so one wondering if the wiring is truly connected between the levels. Anyone played with one? I guess I can be the tester... - So I hear that Tivo now has an 802.11n wireless adapter. I get spoiled watching HD movies from Amazon on my Tivo XL. Having the speed of 802.11n would make the transfers faster. But my laptops are 802.11b and g. Will they work on an 802.11n system? Are the backward compaticable? Would my new phone (Droid Incredible), when I get it, be able to use 802.11n on its WiFi? What about an iPad? Is everything new these days 802.11n ready? I just read the descriptions of two different products on Amazon and neither of them mentioned backwards compatibility. That makes me think it's not there. If it is there, which router is best? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/10/10 02:26:00
[H] NetGear WNDR3700
Man...none of my stuff can see any wireless signals coming from this router. I'm wondering if it is sending out any signals. It's setup to broadcast its SSID but even with my laptop right next to it, it can't see it. What gives here? The wired 1000Gbps ports work fine and the lights for the 2.4GHZ and 5 GHz wireless are shining bright.
Re: [H] NetGear WNDR3700
Make sure you find the setting for broadcasting the SSID and set it correctly. Most wireless routers will also have the wireless disabled by default, so if thats the case set it open to start with and enable wireless, then try broadcasting on channel 6 which most of my devices can see easily (I'm assuming your's would too but I could be wrong :) lopaka From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 7:57:03 PM Subject: [H] NetGear WNDR3700 Man...none of my stuff can see any wireless signals coming from this router. I'm wondering if it is sending out any signals. It's setup to broadcast its SSID but even with my laptop right next to it, it can't see it. What gives here? The wired 1000Gbps ports work fine and the lights for the 2.4GHZ and 5 GHz wireless are shining bright.
