These are all very good ideas and no doubt i will experiment with them. Indeed i have the option of keeping the xbox upstairs in the spare room and beam it across to the tv ( i only wanted to put the xbox in the living room so that it acts as a media centre)...
would that still work? About the G1, theres already an app out there called Gmote which turns the phone into a wifi remote control. it works well with the pc (havent tried it yet myself). 2009/3/12 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> > On 12/03/2009 09:04, javadayaz wrote: > > Ok same old dead topic i know. > > Im looking to buy a house and obviously my first thoughts in this new > > house are "connectivity. Basically I want to use my pc as hub for all > > my entertainment. It will be stored in a seperate room where it will > > be connected to 26" moniter doing pc things but i also want to beam > > the media into the main living room where a bigger tv will reside. > > Naturally i want to do this without the aide of wires. Im thinking > > connect up an xbox1 to a tv and beam across the media from my ubuntu > > pc to my xbox. But my old xbox doesnt have wifi (it does have media > > centre). Or maybe that has some kind of wifi built in! > > I then want to use my G1 Android phone to control everything. Like a > > remote. > > I know there is an OS (in linux) that does all this and more but thats > > more of the software side of things im looking more of the hardware > > issues. > > ps my pc currently doesnt have wifi so that would be the first thing > > to look at! > > pps im so excited at the prospects of this! :) > > > > -- > > Javad > You have a couple of options for connecting the XBOX. Probably the > easiest without running cables (which is what I did for future proofing) > is to get a couple of Powerline Ethernet adaptors which basically plug > into the mains and have an ethernet socket in them. You'll need at > least two to create a network. You can then either plug these into an > ethernet switch and from the switch into the XBOX ethernet port or > directly from the Powerline ethernet adaptor into the XBOX. > > With regards to adding wifi on your PC, do you really need wifi? Have > you thought about broadband? > > You might find it's easier enough to plug your PC into your router if > you can get away with it (of course this depends if you can put your > router near your PC). If you can't plug your PC directly into your > router (say it's in a different room) then you should be able to plug in > a USB Wifi adaptor or PCI Wifi card (others on here will probably be > able to advise you what works and what doesn't, I know my old Netgear > WG111 USB adaptor does work out of the box). > > If you wanted to connect your XBOX via wifi then you'd need a wireless > access point which can connect to an existing wireless network. I > managed this for a friend by flashing his Buffalo router with the > OpenWRT firmware and then getting it to bridge to his existing wireless > network although I'd say it wasn't dead easy the first time round. > There may be other wifi access points which do the job easier. > > Another thought which might be easier, if you can put your router next > to or near your XBOX then you could plug the XBOX directly into that and > then as you say add Wifi to your PC. That way the XBOX will be able to > go through the router's wireless connection. > > With regards to the Android though, not sure how to do this as I haven't > got one. Someone else might be able to advise. > > I did something similar although I did it pre-wireless so I ended up > running some CAT5 cables up to the loft and put a server and switch in > the loft. If you're buying your own house and it needs redecorating and > you're handy with DIY then you may be able to put the cables in the > walls neatly (this is what I'm planning on doing when I redecorate with > the help of my dad who is good at DIY - I'm hopeless at it!). Saying > that though I guess it may be better to go for CAT6 cable for future > proofing. > > Rob > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Javad
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