Hello Everyone,
I have an Apple TV 3 connected to a 4th gen Apple Airport Extreme running in the 5GHz band. Anandtech states the Apple TV 3 is only capable of a 65Mbps sync rate.
Most content streams fine, but I've noticed some of my higher bitrate rips that stream from my PC upstairs will drop out. It's usually 15-20Mbps bitrate rips that do this, which unfortunately is the majority of my content.
I live in a townhome built on a slab, so running Ethernet downstairs is not an option. I've also explored HPNA and Power-Line networking, but the two rooms are separated by AFCI breaker, so speeds rarely break 1-2Mbps.
MoCa (via NIM-100 devices) worked very well, but I've shuffled things around so that's not an option anymore.
I tried two 1st generation 802.11n bridges and didn't have good results.
So, my question is, if I were to place a high-end 802.11n 3 stream router downstairs in bridge mode and replace the Airport Extreme upstairs with an identical model, would I have more success? I'm not opposed to dropping $400 on a pair of 802.11ac routers if they will provide substantially higher or more reliable/consistent throughput.
What would the experts here suggest?
I have an Apple TV 3 connected to a 4th gen Apple Airport Extreme running in the 5GHz band. Anandtech states the Apple TV 3 is only capable of a 65Mbps sync rate.
Most content streams fine, but I've noticed some of my higher bitrate rips that stream from my PC upstairs will drop out. It's usually 15-20Mbps bitrate rips that do this, which unfortunately is the majority of my content.
I live in a townhome built on a slab, so running Ethernet downstairs is not an option. I've also explored HPNA and Power-Line networking, but the two rooms are separated by AFCI breaker, so speeds rarely break 1-2Mbps.
MoCa (via NIM-100 devices) worked very well, but I've shuffled things around so that's not an option anymore.
I tried two 1st generation 802.11n bridges and didn't have good results.
So, my question is, if I were to place a high-end 802.11n 3 stream router downstairs in bridge mode and replace the Airport Extreme upstairs with an identical model, would I have more success? I'm not opposed to dropping $400 on a pair of 802.11ac routers if they will provide substantially higher or more reliable/consistent throughput.
What would the experts here suggest?