Unable to view from one RTV to another

[forgop]

I have 2 RTV's, models 5040. I have a Linksys WRT54GS w/ speedbooster (wireless G) router and WET11 v2 wireless B bridges connected to them. When I try to watch stuff from one RTV to another, I get all kinds of stuttering which makes it unwatchable. Is there anything I can do to make the existing setup work or do I just have a pure compatability issue and need to upgrade something? Thanks!!!

[supie]

I guess the first thing I would try is to set up temporary hardwire ethernet cables and bypass all wireless devices. If this corrects the problem then bypass one wireless device at at time.

[adone36]

Wireless B is useless.

[icecow]

b is near-useless. I concure

If you can't run a wired connection (saves a lot of potential grief) and willing to pop $$ for new routers ask here about the reliable Buffalo brand model #s that are time proven to work well. Another option would be to get 802.11 pre-n stuff and be the first around here to chirp up and tell us how it goes. Nothing promises pre-n will work well. It's not just about speed, it's about how stream-friendly the chips are. Buffalo uses some nice broadcom ones that work in their 802.11G's that work great.

you might even be able to get some buffalo model # routers for cheap on ebay or somethin.

[forgop]

I would need way too much cable for doing a hard wired connection. After I saw they were wireless B, I wondered if that was the problem as I had upgraded my router to wireless G with no improvement. I'm more inclined to try a wireless G bridge before switching to Buffalo altogether.

Maybe this is completely unrelated, but the router seems to do a great job with my laptop. Maybe I'll get 2 new bridges and see how much that helps.

[icecow]

the broadcom chip in the buffalos is the determining factor of their success.

might I suggest getting a buffalo router and setting it to bridge mode. why buy a bridge? I've never boughten a bridge. I just buy well chosen routers for practically pennies, and in my case use them as routers or access points.

I got two WBR2-G54S for $20 each about 1.5? years ago and put them in my girlfriends apt. Haven't even bothered putting dd-wrt firmware on them, which is also something you can do with your linksys, which will open more possible solutions, like increasing signal strength.

I'm not sure how famailiar you are with all of what I'm saying.

Should ask more about buffalos from people who actually link their replaytvs wirelessly. making uncarefull choices gets expensive. there's enough uncertainty going around without them.

as far as my WBR2-G54S buffalos, they are not easy firmware flashable to dd-wrt for non-geeks. ask around for buffalo models that are.

bridges? do knowing geeks buy bridges? or is there something I don't know?

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also, you can go 100 meters wired, so the question isn't if it's too long it's if it's concealable

[forgop]

I hadn't thought about getting wireless routers and using them as bridges. Then again, I know virtually nothing about wireless networking and was just going off the advice I read some time ago about setting up my RTV's for ethernet connections and not so much about streaming video from one to another.

[icecow]

plenty of routers are known not to work, other routers and bridges are uncharted and basically expected not to work.

the upside is certain buffalo models are praised because they work beautifuly, so there isn't much room for personal preference if you want to actually solve the problem.

your linksys has the desirable broadcom chip, the same as the buffalos, but I do not know if it is implemented effectively like it is in the buffalos. I have a lucky feeling that if you buy the right buffalo and creat a WDS* connection to your linksys it will work, if not, buying a second buffalo should solve it. Again, research and buy buffalos that can easily be flashed with dd-wrt** firmware which will make them stand up to powerfull $600 routers. the firmware may solve future unstandard problems you may run in to as well as give you power to grow into if you slowly became aware of the features of this great firmware.


read at least the first paragraph of each of these links:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System
**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT