Anybody tried using the wifi n dongle and home plugs on the Ultimo, if so what was best for streaming etc ?
Ta
Anybody tried using the wifi n dongle and home plugs on the Ultimo, if so what was best for streaming etc ?
Ta
for me its home plugs
Dell_XPS (01-03-12)
personally i use neither. i have all my devices routed through a tenda 24 port network switch via CAT5 cables.
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Dell_XPS (01-03-12)
You have too much money :-), ok has anybody tried the n dongle in the Vu+ Duo ?, as I think I'll keep my home plugs for me new toy :-)
My Ultimo is setup with the n dongle and I have no problems streaming HD channels through it.
You will need a good N router though and don’t set the encryption to WEP otherwise you will lose a lot of speed. I have mine setup as WPA2
I did not get a very good signal from the rear of the Ultimo and did not want to put the dongle in the front of the unit so I have the dongle attached to a USB extension lead plugged into the rear......
I will at some time run a CAT5 cable to the unit as I would suggest that this is far better than home plugs?
Dell_XPS (01-03-12)
CAT5 cable is probably the best way to connect to your unit, but in theory wireless N should/can run at 300mbs were as CAT5 cable to the unit will run at 10/100......
A 5 gb file takes around 12 - 15 min but that's using FTP I have used windows robocopy that is a lot quicker usually but I have not timed it yet.....
Cheers m8, I have a Netgear wireless N router, wpa2 encryption, will test it when I receive my new toy :-),
whereabouts in the menu is the setup for wireless devices ?
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Dell_XPS (01-03-12)
Cheers m8, I'm thinking of using the n dongle with my Duo, homeplugs on the Ultimo, whereabouts on the Duo is the setup, same as Ultimo ?
I found my wireless reception wasn't great plus transfer speed was a bit low, so went with 200Mbps homeplugs. Got a little 8 port gigabit switch going in at the TV end so a few of the devices can be plugged in and upgrading the homeplugs to gigabit ones. Next house is definitely getting flooded with Cat6 and some extra coax, etc... in every room when I move in.