Slingbox Turbo, wireless internet, and old mobile homes.?
Question by Dustin: Slingbox Turbo, wireless internet, and old mobile homes.?
I have a question regarding networking and Slingboxes.
In a few weeks, my client will be moving from one major US city to another. As he finds it unlikely that his new city will broadcast his old city's football team (he's a big fan) he plans to use a slingbox system to transfer his old television service to his new home.
Unfortunately, his TV is in his living room and his modem (the slingbox works via internet) is in his bedroom. My client would rather not run a cable through the house, and would like to know what the best alternative would be in his situation.
He is aware of the Slingbox Turbo system which runs the signal through the houses electric wiring, but he is unsure if this will work in his situation as he lives in an older mobile home and is not confident in the wiring or the circuit breakers in our house to provide a clear, clean data transfer.
Edit: thanks for the help so far. From what I understand, yes, he does plan to keep the mobile home unoccupied.
I will pitch the idea of running the television line (now that I think about it, he never mentioned whether he had cable, satellite, or antenna) to the bedroom, but I don't think he'll like it as he does not want to run a cable across the house.
Best answer:
Answer by Bash Limpbutt's Oozing Cyst©
If he's moving, Slingbox isn't going to do anything for him unless he's planning on keeping his old home and cable or satellite service. If he is, he'll only know if the power line network feature will work by actually trying it.
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April 29th, 2011 - 00:24
I’m a little confused. Is he gonna still own his old mobile home and let it sit there, unoccupied? So the TV / cable box / Slingbox are staying behind, in the mobile home? Why not just move them all into the same room?
Better yet, at the new place, he can subscribe to Direct TV and buy a season pass for his favorite football team. That way he can watch the games on a nice TV instead of on a computer. Remember that the picture you get from a Slingbox is limited to the upstream speed you get from the ISP. So if there is a low bitrate the picture will be, well, not exactly hi-def.
EDIT: In response to your additional info: As the old saying goes, you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet.
Your client could use wireless in this situation. Usually you wouldn’t with Slingbox because accessing it wirelessly in the house would interfere with its connection to the router. But if the Slingbox is the only wireless device/client it should work. He would need a wireless router of course and a wireless bridge (formerly know as a wireless game adapter).