Best wifi for RPi/OSMC

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I am currently using a Gigabit homeplug to network my OSMC to my NAS box however it is quite slow. I can play 720p files without a problem but some high bitrate 1080p files stutter and BluRays just die.

I have a 802.11ac/n wifi network in the house so would like to stream over that. What is the best solution for this? A wi-fi dongle for the PI? Or a wifi bridge?

I am currently using the TalkTalk router (Huawei hg635).

Thanks

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My recommendation is a Wifi bridge save you a lot of greef :slight_smile:

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Do you have recommendations on which wifi bridge would be best to setup in this circumstance?

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using a netgear brigde very pleased with this model

http://www.netgear.se/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/WN2000RPT.aspx

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I’m not sure that will be fast enough. I would prefer to go for ac if possible to get the best speed but I will take a look and see if there is a similar Netgear product that offers ac.

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Yeah AC is probably better no doubt just giving an example :slight_smile:

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On a budget I found this:

And top-end I found this:

Hopefully the TP-Link will be ok. I used one of their 600Mbps dongles for my laptop which seemed pretty quick so hopefully the 750 will be as good, if not better.

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Just a reminder, you will be hampered by the shared USB port in terms of max speed

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What USB? These should provide an RJ45 interface just as my current powerline does…

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TP LINK AC750 Wifi Range Extender looks nice small device :slight_smile: that is something would go for :smile:

@fzinken means the rpi it has a limit since its a small device it cant handle gigabit connections anyways thats why i stayed on N standard

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So what speed should the RPi be able to achieve? I think my video files that are at the current limit for my setup are around 6-7Mbps

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Internal LAN (10/100): 94.4 Mbits/sec (11.8 MB/sec)
USB 802.11n WiFi: 44.5 Mbits/sec (5.6 MB/sec)
USB Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000): 222 Mbits/sec (27.8 MB/sec)

some estimates from the web remember the results may vary

source: Getting Gigabit Networking on a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and B+ | Jeff Geerling

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That is much higher than my video files so I assume my powerline adapters are the current limitation. In fact they must be as when I plug the RPi directly into my router for testing it all works perfectly :slight_smile:

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might be :slight_smile: i found my wifi brigde the best option for me but everyone has their own setup :slight_smile: i hope this thread has been of some help atleast :smile:

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It has indeed, thanks!

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Sorry for the late post…

I’ve been looking for a solution myself for faster connectivity, I hope this gives you another angle to play with.
802.11ac wireless - solution found

I use the USB Netgear A6100 (AC600) which has resolved my buffering issues that I had when using the on-board NIC.
OSMC recognised it too :wink:

I hope this works for you as well as it has for me.

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Never liked dongles too unreliable for me rather have a wifi bridge less messy