Server on Wireless G?

[akenis]

I'm thinking about moving my server away from the entertainment center and router....then getting a wireless G PCI card for the server. Any problems with the server being wireless? The server also serves Orb to the net...

Currently just watching sage on the computer...need to upgrade to a TV! I used to enjoy SAGE much more when I ran through a MVP. Seems using the server as a viewing station really boggs it down.

Joke of the day: Couldn't figure out why I couldn't watch live TV, but most of the recordings were fine. I have a 2 tuner system, 500 MCE. Never hooked up the video out from the cable box to the card!!!! Seems that tuner has priority for live tv.

Thanks guys...

Andrew

[blade]

I wouldn't want my server wireless, too many potential problems. If you want to move it you really should run a wire if possible IMO.

[stevech]

my server is on wireless since it's on a laptop in the living room and there's no way to run cat5. The server gets the EPG reliably. I am careful to delete all but my own SSIDs in the candidate connections list so it won't connect to a neighbor's open/unencrypted WiFi if my w-router reboots. I also disable "let microsoft manage" for this reason.

The storage for this server is collocated, not via WiFi. I backup the C: drive of the server via WiFi once a week - drive image, and nightly incrementals. The big image is 6GB and takes 70 minutes - due partly to the overhead in the disk backup process and partly due to WiFi speed. The WiFi air link connection speed is the top in 11g, 56Kbps. The net TCP yield including the overhead of the backup/compression is 11Mbps.

I have a 5.6dBi gain omni on the w-router on a few ft. of good coax to get that antenna up high and in the clear. The Laptop has just a PCMCIA card (a high end card though). The signal strengths are max/high at both ends. I previously used a USB WiFi dongle on an extension cable to elevate it; worked fine.

I have a Sage client running on a desktop pc that is cat5 connected to the w-router that supports the wireless link to the Sage server. I don't use it much, but it seems to run fine. No glitches.

I also run UltraVNC from the desktop PC wirelessly to the Sage server. It seems as responsive as if on the wired LAN.

I'm not sure it's prudent, but I would like to put a RAID1 pair of 300 or 500GB disks on a PC that connects by cat5, and hope that the WiFi speed to the Sage Server is fast enough.

Otherwise, I need to dig a trench outside the house to get cat5 to the Sage server. Or remote the video/audio/IR feeds. The latter is easier..

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by blade

I wouldn't want my server wireless, too many potential problems. If you want to move it you really should run a wire if possible IMO.

I would tend to agree. I've seen too many issues. I had a client on "g" and it wasn't pretty. I've wired up my server and PC clinets with gigabit and MVPs are wired. Definitely worth it.

Gerry

[dbfresh23]

My server was on wireless for about 3-4 months with no problems, though I am only using SD at the moment - no HD yet. If you do try it you should be careful of the router you get, 2.4 ghz routers can get interference from things like cordless phones, microwave ovens among other things around the house.