Linksys E4200 - What Hardware Should Use To Stream Content
Apr 18, 2012
I have a ton of 720p/1080p content I would like to stream to my main HD TV. Connected to the TV is a PS3 and an Xbox 360. I understand that both of these devices have a DLNA client. My question is what hardware should I use to stream the content, and where should the hardware be connected.I have considered the following options.
* HDD with built in DLNA such as: WD My Book Live 3TB Personal Cloud Storage(direct connection to the game console or plugged into my Linksys E4200 via its USB port)
* NAS server with built in DLNA such as: D-Link DNS-320 ShareCenter 2-Bay Network Storage device(connected to my Linksys E4200 via ethernet port)
If I went with a HDD solution, could it be connected directly to the PS3 or Xbox rather than using the wifi? If I decided to go wireless, & use the PS3 which is 802.11G only, I might be concerned about whether it can handle 1080p content. The Xbox is 802.11N which may handle it better, but that's just a guess. I have no hardwired network connections to my TV area.
Bottom line, whether it be wireless, or connecting a HDD directly to a device (which i'm not certain if that's even possible) I need to be able to play 720p/1080p content reliably.I value the input of HF users and would like to hear some recommendations on hardware and setup that would work for me.
Does anyone use an external hard drive connected to their e4200 router to stream movies over DLNA? If so what format of videos are you using and what program and settings are you using to convert the movies from DVD or blu-ray to video files?
I have been using handbrake to convert both blu-ray and DVD movies to MP4 videos with AAC audio and I have been getting strange results. If I convert a blu-ray movie to MP4 with a DTS audio track down mixed to Dolby Pro Logic II AAC then I can play the movie and I am able to fast forward and rewind. If I convert the same movie but convert the audio in any other way, AC3 pass through etc., the video will play but I will not be able to fast forward or rewind.
I have an E4200 with a USB hard drive connected to its USB port. I want to use the E4200 media server to stream divx and other video files on my Sharp Aquos HDTVs.I have an LC-70LE732U and a LC-52LE832U wired to my network. Both of them seem to discover and successfully connect to my media server however only MP3s and certain MPG files are detected. None of the AVI files show up.I have upgraded my E4200 firmware to 1.0.03 hoping that would fix the problem but it didn't. I don't want to run a Windows based media server as I don't have a computer that I can leave on all the time.
I have an E3000 with an external hard drive attached via USB with several movies saved on it as ISO's. How to stream a movie to my wireless blu ray player, Sony S580. I was able to stream the iso to a netbook attached to the LCD tv by using VLC on the netbook. The only videos I can access on the blu ray player that are on the external hard drive are home videos I converted to DVD quality before uploading, they're not HD. I can access pictures and music on the blu ray from the external hard drive as well. I tried converting an iso to MVK but was unable to access/find it using the blu ray player.
I have two devices: One is a Linksys WRG54G router. The other is a PC running the Smoothwall router software with URL filtering. Either would work fine on its own as a router. I'm wanting to use them both, though, because each offers different features.Right now, the Linksys router is connected to the WAN and is my DHCP server. Its IP is 192.168.0.1. The Smoothwall box has a static IP of 192.168.0.2. I want all web traffic to go through Smoothwall (192.168.0.2) because it offers good web filtering.
I know I could use Smoothwall as my router and rid of the Linksys, but the whole idea behind this is to use the QoS and other features that Linksys firmwares offer (such as Tomato or DD-WRT), but still keep the ability to filter URLs.
On my WRT610N with firmware version 2.xxxx (latest available at this moment), I have connected a Lacie harddisk (in RAID-1) by the USB port and I have activated the mediaserver. I have connected through a wireless dongle my Samsung TV(UE46B7000) to my mediaserver.
My mediafiles are visible and can be played, however I'm not able to get my subtitles with them. I tried srt, ssa, smi, sub formats but in vain. These subtitles are stored in the same location. If however I copy the same mediafiles and subtitles directly to another external harddisk, which I connect to another USB port on the TV I can watch these mediafiles and my subtitles are also available. So my question: what do you need to do to render your subtitles visible?
I've bought a E3000 as replacement for my Linksys WRT350N router.Just upgraded the firmware to version Ver.1.0. 04 (build 6).I use aonTV - an austria IPTV service (Multicast via UDP) - an this worked with my old WRT350N (hw version 1) consistantly well. I hardly had to reboot the router to get the multicast stream.With E3000 I checked the option that it should not filter any multicast traffic - when I reboot the router it works for some time - but after some hours it does not work anymore? I want to watch TV via my HTPC connected via GigaBit Power to the E3000.
trying to stream movies from the USB drive pluged into EA4500 using 3G or remotely. I got Media Server (DLNA) turned on and FTP Server setup. I also setup Dynamic DNS. I can managed to see the media server on iPhoto using WIFI connection with UpnPPeek. I'm wondering if it is possible that any iphone apps like Air Video can be able to stream movie remotely without turn on the computer?
I've got a E3000 router and I'd like to be able to stream movies and access files from the USB connected HD on my router to my galaxy tablet.I understand that this can be done. I've poked around and cannot find anything that's worked for me.
I've been viewing some videos streamed through the EA6500 from a Qnap 419p II NAS, and several video files are playing back extremely choppy.I can confirm that the video files play fine on the Xbox360 using a USB key and have also previously streamed these videos without any problems using a Belkin Wireless Pre-N router (that I upgraded from) streamed from the same NAS.I've attempted to configure the Media Prioritization feature, but haven't noticed any different results. I have also adjusted other various settings that haven't affected the playback in any way.
My only guess is that some of the files are encoded in a format that the router is struggling with - the video files are not HD videos, and their bitrates are generally quite low - if my old Belkin router can do it, the EA6500 shouldn't have any problems either.
At home I am using the linksys wireless bridge WET610N to stream media to my livingroom. The setup looks like server <-> Linksys E4200 <-> WET610N. If I connect my laptop to the WET610N i get a speed close to 100Mbit/s. With this speed I can easily view HD movies, by playing them on my laptop. So far so good...But if I instead connect my Popcorn Hour A-100 (a media player) , to the WET610N (instead of the laptop) I get really poor performance. just a few Mbit/s, which is not enough.So my question is, why is the following setup working fine:server <-> Linksys E4200 <-> WET610N <-> LaptopWhen at the same time the following setup is working poorly:server <-> Linksys E4200 <-> WET610N <-> Popcorn HourThe WLAN connection between the Linksys E4200 and Linksys WET610N seems to be fine. The problem I am having seems to be the Ethernet connection/setup between the WET610N and the Popcorn Hour media player.
I'm getting a content encoding error whenever I try to go to any site. Sometimes i dont get the error instead it's just code or all the images are scrambled or saturated in red or just random colors. I can access secure (https) sites without any problem at all. I attempted to try again after disabling my firewall but still get the same problems. I tried using Internet explorer and firefox and the problem is identical for both. I am runnin this on a desktop with xp.
I have tried using my laptop running vista and connected wirelessly and get the same issue. I attempted to watch a movie on netflex instant watch through my playstation 3 Netflix app and the picture is distorted and oddly color and will not play the movie.
I reset my router and called my ISP. They are having techs do maintainance in my area but I am not sure if that is what's causing the issue. I spoke with a tech who told me that my modem was in time out and he could not reset it. When untold him I'm not having connectivity problems he said he would notify someone in another department and send a tech out.
Also to add the last time my internet worked I saw that there was windows updates ready for install. I shut down my computer and went to work came back and the issue started as soon as I turned on my pc. Also the basic windows malware scan picked up a virus (win32. Alureon(sp?)) I used the malware removal tool to partially remove it and attempted to run malware bytes to check for it again. I updated the definition then received an error when I tried to run it. I attempted to reinstall malware bytes and receive an error everytime I open the installer. I had full scanned my computer with malware bytes and spybot about a week ago and it was clean.
I have a HP laptop which is shared on my network using the Windows 7 Homegroup settings. I have set up the homegroup to share the media files.
Laptop:
HP DV7TSE/Core i7/8 GB/2x320GB HDDs Wirelessly connected to my home network
Network streaming devices:
Sony BDP-S570 Blu Ray Player WDTV Live Both connected through LAN to the router
In my Laptop homegroup & sharing options I have only shared the music, video, & pictures folders. I have set the D drive (separate HDD) as not to be shared.However, when I am browsing the folders on the streaming devices it shows some folders of my D drive which don't even exist anymore. Initially when I set up the drive D drive was visible. However I later changed the settings to unshare the D Drive.
Connected via wireless. All ok and says have Internet connection, but cannot access any video content' I.e. iplayer, etc. when check via refresh internet content (as Sony recommend) says "configuration failed while connecting. The system has encountered an error. If problem persists contact Sony (5006)". Sony say wireless strength insufficient, but when tried wired set up be relocating NETGEAR router gives same error message. Have NETGEAR wireless extender good signal with full connectivity via laptop, iPad and iPhone. Also when try server display settings says servers cannot be recognised. When go to options and select update list repeats "servers cannot be recognised. Have checked all IP etc and same as on laptop:
IP Address:192.168.0.11 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1?
In my office there is 2 desktops which is networked. one is in the office and the other in my room. internet connection is also there, the modem is kept in my room. but one of my cousin is there in my house and he has a laptop, the internet for his lap is taken from my modem. and now i have noticed that my cousin is visiting adult content sites and i want to block him ? is there any way. why the history he uses is being shown in my browsers history ?
We want to have a ASA5510 with both IPS function and Content Security feature, while I checked on Cisco website, looks like ASA5510 or 5520 only have one SSM slot, so I can only use either AIP module or CSC module, does it mean I can not get both features at the same time.
Right now I want to have IPS function and anti-spam, anti-virus, antiphishing, content filtering, URL blocking such feature, so what do I need to buy to have all of these function in one device?
We're seeing issues with loading some of the AJAX content we use on our websites when using the Clientless SSLVPN Portal on an ASA5510. We recently upgraded from 8.4.5 to the 9.1.2 code hoping that would resolve our issues but it didn't change anything.
We use the ASP.net builtin AJAX handler scriptresource.axd and when looking at the files that are causing issues through the Chrome web browser developer tools we can see that it says that the files were fetched ok with "200 OK" messages but when you look at the content of the file it just shows rubbish characters like in the screenshot below.
I have a Cisco SR-520 router which I am trying to configure and install the IOS content filter. I have read many of the documents on this but some of the lines do not work, from using the pages belowURL you are supposed to enter parameter maps as follows:-
parameter-map type trend-global global-param-map server trps.trendmicro.com cache-size maximum-memory 256 cache-entry-lifetime 1
The router has 12.4 (20) T4, which is supposed to be supported, the only other way of configuring is using CCP which is not compatible with SR-520's you recieve hardware not supported message's.
I'm looking for a content filtering/antivirus/antispyware appliance for my company. Right now we have an ASA 5505 at the edge. We have several outside employees connecting via Cisco VPN clients to the ASA. I need an appliance that can do content filtering for my inside network, guest network, and VPN users. That's two local VLANs and a VPN pool which are all terminated at the ASA.
I've had good luck with Cymphonix in the past, but their boxes are a bit steep for the amount of throughput I need. We'll probably be moving from a 15/15 fiber connection to 80/10 cable soon since our provider can't seem to keep us online; even with an alleged "100%" SLA. They just don't have a network capable of anything close to 100% uptime, plain and simple.
I'd like to keep the ASA running as our firewall and VPN server, so the device needs to be able to do content filtering/av/as in a transparent mode.
Im currently doing a project, and building a machine/ bastion host with DHCP and a content filter.Its running XP. Any recommendations for the content filter that will run on XP and is also free and popular?
When I go to the "status" tab and click on "logs" I get a page that is basically blank...really it looks like a poorly formatted HTML page with no content, even the places where images should be are blank. I tried to prints creen and paste here but that doesn't work?
I know the 5510 & 5520s support the CSC-SSM module for Content Filtering (Anti-Phishing, Anti Spam, URL filtering, Anti-Spyware & Antivirus), but what about content filtering for the ASA5525-K9.The problem that I have is that I need a firewall that supports up to 1 Gbps Maximum Firewall Throughput and to support 250 users with Content Filtering described above.I'm using the following doc for sizing and came across the ASA5525-K9 for 1 Gbps, but not sure about the Content filtering: url...
I had meeting with security auditor for a customer, he told me that i need to enable SSL3 on content switch as his scanning found that all network is working on SSL2.I could not understand his view and then when i found the content switch documentation, it is mentioned that SSL3 is default enable on content switch."By default, the SSL version is SSL version 3 and TLS version 1. The SSL module sends a ClientHello that has an SSL version 3 header with the ClientHello message set to TLS version 1." Do i have to do some kind of configuration to enable SSL3 or its enable by default ?
I managed to block as much of the streaming video (using URL Blocks of .flv, .wmv, etc...) how do I block YouTube.com for 23 hours of the day (or allow access for 1 hour a day)...but maintaining all the other blocks intact 24 hours a day?
Also is there a way to block p2p file sharing (BitTorrent)?
content My_Group add service blade1 add service blade2 add service blade3 vip address 1.2.3.4 advanced-balance arrowpoint-cookie
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So I have 3 blades which are proxy servers and user go first to an MS ISA server then the VIP of the CSS and then the rules processes them give them a blade and chuck them out onto the Internet.
I want to leave the above rule, but remove one blade create an additional content group with that blade and have it process requests for a particular site so, I would create the following
content My_Group2 add service blade3 vip address 1.2.3.4 advanced-balance arrowpoint-cookie
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So my question is can I do that having the same VIP's etc so if a request comes in and it matches www.thewebsite.com that the second content rule matches it 'better' and therefore processes it or would it still be caught by the "/*" content group. I don't want to create more VIPS as I have a real ache getting firewall rules done.
Is it possible have Content Security and Control Security in a ASA 5585-X? I´m asking because the CSC-SSM is only supported in ASA 5540, 5520 and 5510 and I dont know how it feature ca be supported on a new ASA 5585-X.
We have just buy a Cisco Small Business Router, model RV082. I need to enable the content filtering, but we just realized that this equipment does not filter HTTPS urls, even with the solution "Cisco ProtectLink Web" the equipment does not filter HTTPS urls.
For example, if I type on my browser just [URL], the access blocked, but if I type HTTPS:[URL], the access is allowed!Is there any way to block urls with HTTPS?
I have a IP Camera client app on my Nook Color (modified android based. Has select android apps available)) and would like to stream my laptop's webcam to it. The user agent's available in the settings of the client are:
Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Netscape 3.x Nexus One 2.2.1 US Galaxy Tab 2.2 France IP Cam Viewer 3
Here is the app on Google Play [URL]
How would I setup VLC to stream my webcam as a ip camera so I can view it with my app?
