Good Wifi Infrastructure Setup

[Dredgy]

Hi all.

 

I am trying to set up a good ecosystem for my house so I can stream HD videos from any computer to any other computer.

 

There are about 10 devices all up that will be streaming from a few hosts. I currently stream a lot from my PC to my iPad 4, but that stutters enough to not make it worthwhile. Streaming HD video from PC to PC is just not useable at all. 

 

The host will be my primary workstation, which doubles as a NAS for the rest of the house, it will stream to:

 

• My office PC
• My HTPC
• My iPad
• Phone
• My test PCs and other devices

 

 

I currently have a Wireless N modem router, the Office PC, HTPC and Workstation all have support for Wireless AC.

 

 

Now due to being on a steep block of land, my house is oddly designed, with the main host PC (my workstation) being located at the front of the bottom floor, and my office PC being located at the rear of the third floor. There is only ONE phone jack for the router in the entire place, and it is in the kitchen on the middle floor. So this being said, I cannot connect any PC to the modem without rewiring the whole house. I need an all wireless solution.

 

So, what I want to get is something like this:

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=200_1438&products_id=28304

 

Will that work fine with my current (generic) modem router, or should I get another modem? If so, any suggestions?

 

What other steps will I have to take to maximize throughput?

 

Thank you

 

 

[Bloodyvalley]

the wording of this thread made me fall off my chair

[AMICLG]

Buy a R7000 and a few power line kits.

[skywake]

Grab a powerline kit (AV600's are what I'd aim for) and a decent AC class AP (no need for a new router). Plug one powerline adapter next to your current modem/router, place the other one at the top/back of your house next to where most of your gear is. Then drop a 5+ port Gigabit switch there, plug it into the powerline adapter at the back of your house. Plug as much of the gear as you can into that switch (NAS, office PC, gaming PC etc) and also the AP that you got. Disable wireless on your current router (or set it up as a second AP) and then run most of your gear through the new AP.

 

You'll get more latency to the internet from all your gear because it's now going through powerline. However you'll get full speed between all your LAN devices and you'll get better wireless reception. Also once you've done this for a while and realise that the extra 5ms on games etc is BS..... run Ethernet to replace the powerline and WiFi where possible. Problem solved.

[Dredgy]

the wording of this thread made me fall off my chair

 

Sorry? I tend to to write how I speak, but even so, I think this was understandable.

 

 

Grab a powerline kit (AV600's are what I'd aim for) and a decent AC class AP (no need for a new router). Plug one powerline adapter next to your current modem/router, place the other one at the top/back of your house next to where most of your gear is. Then drop a 5+ port Gigabit switch there, plug it into the powerline adapter at the back of your house. Plug as much of the gear as you can into that switch (NAS, office PC, gaming PC etc) and also the AP that you got. Disable wireless on your current router (or set it up as a second AP) and then run most of your gear through the new AP.

 

You'll get more latency to the internet from all your gear because it's now going through powerline. However you'll get full speed between all your LAN devices and you'll get better wireless reception. Also once you've done this for a while and realise that the extra 5ms on games etc is BS..... run Ethernet to replace the powerline and WiFi where possible. Problem solved.

 

More helpful, I didn't consider running ethernet over power. 

 

If I failed to mention, each PC is in a completely different room, so the plugging them all into one switch won't work. Else, buying a bunch of powerline adapters and a new access point seems like an excellent start.

Latency on games doe not bother me at all, as I very very rarely game, and if I do, it will be single player off-line, this is solely to get video (and I guess audio) around the house. So long as general internet use isn't slowed down.

 

I will look more into specific parts, and get a general plan worked out. 

 

Thanks very much for your help.