Hi, I mentioned in one of the other thread that I was looking at streaming 1080p movies (Blu ray folder structure and ISO) through wireless. The Problem for me is that I don't have CAT6 cable in my flat and all this while my unRaid server (antec 902) was in the living room where I keep my Popcorn hour A210 media player along with TV and my Onkyo. In the past I tired with couple of low end router in primary - bridge mode to see if I can stream movie across the room. I was able to do 720p movie but never 1080p movies.
Finally I went ahead and invested in a high end router, one of my friend was traveling from US and I asked him to get Asus RT-AC66U. This one of the few routers with Wireless AC standard and even though the "N" version of this router would have been sufficient I went ahead and bought this to future proof my network.
I had a old Cisco Linksys WRT320N and I flashed it with DD-WRT firmware. I configured this router as Client Bridge to my Asus RT-AC66U. These both connect via Wireless N in 5ghz. WRT320N sits in my living room and all my devices - PCH A210, PS3 Blu ray player etc., connects to this router through Ethernet cables and my unRaid server and Asus router is in the another room. Both are separated by a wardrobe and a concrete wall and distance between them would be around 30 feet.
Now coming to fun part with this setup I was able to stream 1080p blu ray ISO and folder structure from my unRaid server to my PCH A210. This router is super fast , its able stream 1080p movie like its nothing. A full blu ray movie (40 GB+) starts within 10-20 secs and extra and menus removed movies (18-20gb) within 5-8 secs. I dare say the load time is faster than it was when the server and A210 was connected through cables in WRT320N. No mismatch in audio and video and fast forward , rewind works flawlessly. Jumping between chapters works great. This is as good as everything is connected via LAN cables. Wireless copy i was getting 20MB/s.I watched The Hobbit blu ray iso in this setup without a single problem.
All in all this router is great but it runs bit hot.It has tons of future like built in VPN, AiCloud etc., yet to explore them. Its a very costly option (Flipkart 17K) in India in US I got it for $193 but it solved my problem keeping a giant server in my living room.
Finally I went ahead and invested in a high end router, one of my friend was traveling from US and I asked him to get Asus RT-AC66U. This one of the few routers with Wireless AC standard and even though the "N" version of this router would have been sufficient I went ahead and bought this to future proof my network.
I had a old Cisco Linksys WRT320N and I flashed it with DD-WRT firmware. I configured this router as Client Bridge to my Asus RT-AC66U. These both connect via Wireless N in 5ghz. WRT320N sits in my living room and all my devices - PCH A210, PS3 Blu ray player etc., connects to this router through Ethernet cables and my unRaid server and Asus router is in the another room. Both are separated by a wardrobe and a concrete wall and distance between them would be around 30 feet.
Now coming to fun part with this setup I was able to stream 1080p blu ray ISO and folder structure from my unRaid server to my PCH A210. This router is super fast , its able stream 1080p movie like its nothing. A full blu ray movie (40 GB+) starts within 10-20 secs and extra and menus removed movies (18-20gb) within 5-8 secs. I dare say the load time is faster than it was when the server and A210 was connected through cables in WRT320N. No mismatch in audio and video and fast forward , rewind works flawlessly. Jumping between chapters works great. This is as good as everything is connected via LAN cables. Wireless copy i was getting 20MB/s.I watched The Hobbit blu ray iso in this setup without a single problem.
All in all this router is great but it runs bit hot.It has tons of future like built in VPN, AiCloud etc., yet to explore them. Its a very costly option (Flipkart 17K) in India in US I got it for $193 but it solved my problem keeping a giant server in my living room.