A bit off the usual topic but I wanted to share this with the community as I've had such good luck with it. It is MoCA, it stands for multimedia over coax alliance. Practically, this is an adapter that connects to your router and bridges Ethernet to coax, a second adapter, wherever you need a fast and stable network signal converts it back to Ethernet. This will work with any coax network, so if your house is wired for cable, it's now wired for 100mbs Ethernet. The signal is solid, strong and fast. I stream 1080p from my server in my office upstairs to the xbmc in my living room through several splitters. Could not get it to work consistently with wireless and now it's as smooth as butter, no buffering, no stutter. The only thing that seems to be a problem is a cable/coax amplifier between the sending and receiving units. A little re-wiring for me and it worked fine. Install is plug and play. Coax is pass thru the adapter and it has an Ethernet jack out to your device or switch if you have more than on at the location. Hooked it up and the network picked it up in seconds and I was good to go. They cost about $45 each, you usually need 2, some devices for example the newer TiVo's and some TV's and Blu Ray players are set up for it already with an internal adapter. None of my stuff was. The MoCA trade group is sponsored by some big names in computers, networking and cable so this is no fly by night start up. Adapters are just coming on line but are available through most major retailers though you have to look for them as they are so new. Best one seems to be from ActionTec (new version out this year), followed by Netgear and D-link. Got mine from Best Buy through a marketplace partner for $109 for the pair. Current network speed being reported is 80 mbs on average, more than enough for high def streaming. The big plus is the stability of the signal, no blips or anything has been seen so far through online gaming and streaming high def movies over the network. I am giving the links I used to check this out and order below, this is worth checking out if you are wired for cable, always wanted to have hard wired Ethernet but didn't want to tear up the house, and find wireless a bit lacking. I use 2 ghz splitters in my cable wiring and the run to my cable modem is kept separate to avoid any interference.
Sorry if this has run a little long and sounds like a sales pitch, but I am really liking these things, they just work and work well. Plus they saved me from hard wiring my house or having to put up with my wife's rolled eyes every time a streamed movie stops and goes "Buffering". Check out the links below and see if maybe this will work for you. Thanks for all the drivepool help I have received here, hopefully this can be a bit of pay back.
I've been thinking about how I can better communicate what is in store for each of our products, there are 3 now and another one in the works. Starting today I'll be setting up topics in each forum that I'll be updating on a regular basis. Each post will maintain what the future holds for each product.
I try to keep a lot of the development driven by user feedback, but most of that feedback doesn't happen in the public forum (but usually in tech support tickets). I'd just like to take this opportunity to highlight the direction that each product is heading in, a kind of roadmap.
I'll be setting up those posts today so look for them popping up soon in each respective forum.
Ok, question for the experts, more like advice, how are you accessing data on your server with your mobile device, for me, it's an Iphone. I've been looking at some apps, cloud storage, but I really don't want to use the cloud, So there's an iphone app called Filebrowser which will let me access my files like SMB shares, which is half of my goal, I would also like to be able to upload my photos, when I'm out and about, and delete from the phone to save space (or if I lose the phone) and skydrive seems to work for that, found another app called Tonido Desktop which may do both, haven't installed it yet. If the the app worked for streaming , thatwould be great but not necesary, so instead of reinventing the wheel, figured I see what you all may be doing.
