Swiftarm

I tried using GoogleChrome Cast Desktop, but the audio using that method is at least 10 seconds behind the video, so that's not an option unless I'm doing something wrong. I'll keep looking into Chromecast solutions. Casting an individual tab works pretty well, I just can't access the URL bar while doing so. I guess that'll work until the official app comes out. I have Plex for downloaded media, so I might be able to use the Wireless keyboard for just the single tab. Thanks!

That's a bummer, but not unexpected. That was my original set up, but as I state in this thread I posted a while ago, that wasn't a viable option. I've since started using my PC itself as a server by running a VM for Plex, since I have 16 threads. Woosh, that's definitely outside of my budget Thanks for the advice everyone. Guess my best option is to figure out something over the network. I'm not looking into Gaming like this (though that would be cool), just a temporary solution to allow me to stream from HIDive.com to my TV for as long as they don't have a PS4 app. Guess I'll look into other screencast solutions since my ethernet idea won't work.

I had this thought that I want to try out, but wanted to check to see if it's even reasonable. My current home set up has my PC in my bedroom, and my TV and Router in my Living room. Right now I'm running a 100ft flat CAT-6 Ethernet cable from my router to my PC, and I can use Chromecast to share internet tabs on my computer to my TV. However, I wanted to bring this set up to the next level. I want to be able, on a single Cat-6 cable, to not only get internet from my router to my computer, but also send HDMI to my 4k TV (the signal doesn't have to be 4k, I'm ok with 1080 from my computer.. I think). My thoughts were I could get two Ethernet switches, plus the HDMI-to-Ethernet adapters, have the switches connected by the 100-ft cable, then plug the HDMI-Ethernet adapters into the switches, and connect my TV that way. The purpose of this set up would be so that I don't have to run a second extra long cable from my computer to my TV, so if the CAT-6 cable can't handle that, then there's no reason to go into the specifics about the switches and adapters. Thanks!

That's what I would have thought, but as I stated in the post, I wasn't getting decent speeds on a direct connection to my router. Sure it started at 30, but that was just a spike and it dropped down to terrible speeds. But I'll double check the transfers from my laptop to the server.

First off, I hope I'm not completely breaking any social etiquette from this forum. I've been watching LinusTechTip videos on Youtube for a while, but haven't really been to the forums. I'm extremely new to Networking in general, and not very versed in Hardware either, though I am a Computer Science major, so I'm not entirely, utterly hopeless (or, maybe I am *shrugs*) Anyways, I've set up a Plex Media server on my poor mans home server (an ASUS X502ca laptop that I never use anymore) running Ubuntu Server 16.04. My Desktop is running Windows 10. I have a Samba server installed on the laptop for file transfers. Here's a list of my network devices and a "map" (to use the term lightly) of my network. Router: https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC66U/ Powerline Adapters: http://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/cat-5509_TL-PA7020-KIT.html Cables: Cat6 Ethernet Desktop LAN: Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3853#sp Server Laptop: https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X502CA/specifications/ From what I can tell, all of my devices should be Gigabit compatible, including the Powerline Adapters. Now, obviously I don't expect to be getting 125MB/s uploads to my server, since real world speeds are never going to be as fast as 'theoretical' speeds, but I feel like I should be getting something faster than 5-7MB/s (and yes, I am aware of MB vs. Mb). For the record, I tested uploads to the server on my other laptop (definitely a newer model that would be gigabit capable, especially if my server laptop is), and both direct connections to my router and wi-fi speeds were roughly the same. They would start at a spike of around 30MB/s, then settle down closer to something between 7-10MB/s. So my question is, are these normal speeds for a set up like this? Am I missing something crucial, or completely misreading the specs on one of my devices? Did I make some other kind of amateur mistake? If I'm just being stupid somewhere, please be brutal. I deserve it.