Computer speed matter to transmit data?

[Morphx2]

Hi all.

I have a very old computer that I want to use as a media center. Basically, I will have a USB harddrive hooked up to the computer with movies/pictures/music that I want to transmit over a network to my xbox 360.

Will the slow computer speed make the network slower at all for transmitting data? I doubt it would, but just wondering. Also, is directly wired usually faster than wireless; or does it not matter.

Thanks!

 

[mobiux]

go wired, wireless can be ok, but if someone fires up a microwave around it, could drop out.

as far as media goes, i have a p2-400 serving videos and music on a 100 mb switched network and haven't run into problems.

 

[axan]

just make sure it's actually usb2 port, trying to stream content from usb1 connection wouldn't work
also typical wired vs wireless, wired is 2x faster 100mb/s vs 54

 

[Verge]

just make sure it's actually usb2 port, trying to stream content from usb1 connection wouldn't work
also typical wired vs wireless, wired is 2x faster 100mb/s vs 54

last i checked, 54 was 27up/27down... not true 54mbit at all... wired is 4x faster @ 100mbit

 

[axan]

last i checked, 54 was 27up/27down... not true 54mbit at all... wired is 4x faster @ 100mbit

well you right about the ~27 but its not 27up/27down as wifi can only either send or receive data not both at the same time, the speed degradation is caused by huge wifi protocol overhead.