Network Route

[Shuttleworth]

I've got my network set up as follows:
A Time Capsule as my main Base station for a Wireless N network.
A NAS drive with all my music and video connected to the TC using the Gigabit ethernet.
iTunes on my iMac which connects to the TC wirelessly.
TV connecting wirelessly.

(I've also got an Airport Express connected to the TC to give G wireless on the network too, I bought the TC about a month too early )

I've not noticed any problems with it yet, but I was wondering about the route the data takes in case I get problems later:

Does it go from the NAS to the TC then the TV or,
does it go NAS to TC to iMac back to TC then to TV or,
none of the above

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

I think if you have a G device on your network you'll only see G speeds.

 

[Shuttleworth]

I think if you have a G device on your network you'll only see G speeds.

From what I understand it should be full speed N, as the N is 5GHz and the G is 2.4 GHz, AirPort picks them up as 2 separate wireless networks.

 

[Alrescha]

does it go NAS to TC to iMac back to TC then to ATV

This.

Using a NAS instead of a directly connected hard drive for your iTunes library doubles the load on your network.

A.

 

[Shuttleworth]

This.

Using a NAS instead of a directly connected hard drive for your iTunes library doubles the load on your network.

A.

Thanks, if I get network problems I'll connect it directly to the iMac.

 

[sandman42]

The answer to your real question is that the data route is the second one:

NAS --> TC --> iMac --> TC --> TV

This uses a lot of bandwidth as the TC has to transmit the data twice and receive it once. Also, I believe that if you have a pre-Dual Band TC (which is what your post suggests), your network will be operating at 802.11g speeds, due the Airport Express. I think you can look at your 'network interfaces' in Network Utility to find out what speed your computer is connecting at.

 

[Shuttleworth]

The answer to your real question is that the data route is the second one:

NAS --> TC --> iMac --> TC --> TV

This uses a lot of bandwidth as the TC has to transmit the data twice and receive it once. Also, I believe that if you have a pre-Dual Band TC (which is what your post suggests), your network will be operating at 802.11g speeds, due the Airport Express. I think you can look at your 'network interfaces' in Network Utility to find out what speed your computer is connecting at.

Cheers, I'll probably put TV content on an external HD on the iMac if I start to get problems.

I have the network set up like THIS, it is a dual band network, N is on 5Ghz only (TC, iMac, TV), and G is on 2.4Ghz (Laptop, iPods, Wii). There is no G compatability on the N side of the network, so AFAIK this will not be slowed when there is a G client, G clients can see the N 'network' but not connect to it.

 

[phairphan]

If you followed those instructions, you won't see a drop in speed with g devices connected.