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zekeisaszekedoes · 15-05-2011, 18:01

Streaming media from a NAS isn't all that different than streaming it over the internet. Unless you're copying things to/from it all the time and using up all of your LAN bandwidth (~12.5MB/s assuming regular 100Mb) it probably won't slow things down, and even when you do copy things to it while, for example, someone else streams video, most routers now have excellent quality of service prioritization (QoS) that means time-dependant packets of video/audio will take precedence over file transfers, which will continue at a reduced speed - case in point, when someone streams HD from BBC iPlayer and I was copying a file from one device to another on the same router speed drops, but their video never gets choppy and neither does my file transfer halt.

15-05-2011, 18:01	#10
zekeisaszekedoes Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Age: 42 Services: 30Mb Broadband (XL), 2TB TiVo (M+), Samsung Galaxy Ace (M), POTS Landline (M). Posts: 823	Re: Looking ahead-NAS/printer sharing Streaming media from a NAS isn't all that different than streaming it over the internet. Unless you're copying things to/from it all the time and using up all of your LAN bandwidth (~12.5MB/s assuming regular 100Mb) it probably won't slow things down, and even when you do copy things to it while, for example, someone else streams video, most routers now have excellent quality of service prioritization (QoS) that means time-dependant packets of video/audio will take precedence over file transfers, which will continue at a reduced speed - case in point, when someone streams HD from BBC iPlayer and I was copying a file from one device to another on the same router speed drops, but their video never gets choppy and neither does my file transfer halt.