WHR-G300N Multicast IPTV support

[MiDuS]

   Does this router support viewing multicast streams from internet?

[Aveyer]

   

I think so, but make sure your internet connection is fast enough, if your streaming to wireless clients use Draft N for max bandwith (up to 300mpbs) and enabling QOS would prioritise IPTV traffic.

 

MPEG-4 H.264, VP6, VC-1) are designed to consume 1-2.5Mbit/s.

 

three rooms watching three different channels of live TV encoded at 1.5Mbit/s would need 4.5Mbit/s bandwidth, with an additional guarantee of 1Mbit/s to compensate for network overhead and transit problems.

 

100 live TV channels in 4Mbit/s MPEG-2, you would need 400Mbit/s backhaul multicast bandwidth.

 

Message Edited by Aveyer on 12-26-2008 04:35 PM

[Paul]

I am requesting this information from corporate now, as the US does not support this router.

 

 

[Paul]

This will support multicasting with firmware 1.51. Please contact your local support to see if 1.51 is available.

 

 

Message Edited by Paul on 12-26-2008 04:28 PM

[MiDuS]

   

Thank you for your replies.

I've got this router with 1.60 firmware. My ISP translates television through milticast (ip adresses 226.x.x.x). Their support staff said that I need to enable multicast support on my router, but it seems every multicast setting is in the wireless section and I tried all combinations without any success.

[Paul]

I would contact your local support, this is not a US firmware, I do not want to mislead you.

Message Edited by Paul on 12-29-2008 10:54 AM