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<blockquote data-quote="porky996t" data-source="post: 1081952" data-attributes="member: 75318">Just to add my 2p worth... and Neild7744's points above are a great reference point.I used to use 200Mbps Powerline adapters and they worked fine. I tried wireless and it was worse than useless, just too much interference from other sources and no consistency. In fact, when I went onto the using the onboard ethernet connections I disabled the wireless drivers on Win7 so they weren't using resources. I have two Zotac ZBoxes and the built in wireless cards just seemed to hog stuff.I now have Gigabit network installed, (not that it makes any bloody difference 'cos I cannot get the server to work above 100Mbps! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> )&nbsp; The whole media system works great, so I have never really persevered to get the server to run above at 100Mbps. The GF knows how to use it and is now actually lost when the system has gone down; usually due to me fiddling to be honest. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!&nbsp; &nbsp; :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />. We have been using MP since 2009 as a whole house media solution and now I just &quot;know&quot; the hardware, its limitations and what to do if anything does go wrong. Additionally, the longest it ran without me 'playing' was just over 9 months - the 'playing' is usually an upgrade to the latest version of MP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="porky996t, post: 1081952, member: 75318"] Just to add my 2p worth... and Neild7744's points above are a great reference point. I used to use 200Mbps Powerline adapters and they worked fine. I tried wireless and it was worse than useless, just too much interference from other sources and no consistency. In fact, when I went onto the using the onboard ethernet connections I disabled the wireless drivers on Win7 so they weren't using resources. I have two Zotac ZBoxes and the built in wireless cards just seemed to hog stuff. I now have Gigabit network installed, (not that it makes any bloody difference 'cos I cannot get the server to work above 100Mbps! :rolleyes: ) The whole media system works great, so I have never really persevered to get the server to run above at 100Mbps. The GF knows how to use it and is now actually lost when the system has gone down; usually due to me fiddling to be honest. :oops:. We have been using MP since 2009 as a whole house media solution and now I just "know" the hardware, its limitations and what to do if anything does go wrong. Additionally, the longest it ran without me 'playing' was just over 9 months - the 'playing' is usually an upgrade to the latest version of MP. [/QUOTE]

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