Any idea if it is possible to run a WMC server at home where I also have a VPN server, and connect to my home VPN from a remote location and watch recordings and live TV via an xbox360 extender that is connected to my home VPN? Assuming I can get around 10mbps? (HD should be around 5mbps I think)

I have a WD Mycloud with 4 drives plugged into it and it is not strong enough to handle My MCE with KODI to raspberries .
Since now I have several TV that are smart TV's with PLEX .
So I have couple of empty tower PC's with 8 bays
Thinking about installing a FREE NAS software to a SD drive in tower...

I've had a box running WMC for 5 years without an issue, and am now putting in a server to handle multiple other things. It's not essential, but if it's possible I'd like to decommission the Win7 box whirring in my family room, and use a VM to serve the 4 echos in the house. Well, 5 once I remove...

Trying to get organized in a particular way for power/vacation reasons.
I am concentrating my network, and am close to being able to turn off the ONT, the router, and various stations and just have the HTPC with HDHR powered and UPS'ed during vacations for OTA.

I happen to like wired networks, and...

If you’re one of the “victims” of the WiFi connected but still no Internet access problem, you’re not alone. Thousand of users have reported the same. But luckily, they’ve successfully tackled the problem with the following fixes…

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I had an issue with my extenders not seeing my media libraries that have been setup automatically on Windows 7 PC. The PC could see these libraries but the extender could not see my Music, Photos, Videos, and Movies. Enabling the guest account and giving it read access to the respective folders...

If you want to have a page you create display when someone comes to your site instead of the page which is displayed now, it is very easy to do. Just follow the three steps below.

Note: Always make a back up of any core file you are going to change. This will allow you to easily revert back to the...

Has anyone been successful in getting the new Amazon Cube to control a Windows Media Center system? -- (the Amazon Echo - Cube thingy with a Fire TV built in).

It has support for various DVR/set-top boxes (like from Satellite TV or Cable companies) so you can do like Alexa, tune to ESPN -- and it...

For reasons that go beyond what I'm trying to accomplish here, I could not progress past 94 percent while installing WHS 2011 on one of my machines. Because of this, the dashboard application would not open, and Windows was giving me a message about how I had to reinstall Windows. To overcome this...

Taken from RoderickGI on the JRiver Forums found here:

This will not be a thorough description, but hopefully points users in the right direction if they have lost the ability to Browse their Local Area Network or what used to be known as Network Neighbourhood. If you know what you are doing,...

My current server' is actually just an old dell desktop will hard drives stuffed inside any way I could fit them so I feel a need to do something about this. I have been looking at HP mediasmart PCs on ebay but before I buy, I want to make sure that it will run WHS 2011, and I won't have any...

I have wanting to get my hands on one of the PepLink SOHO routers for quite a while because they have good reviews, and regularly release software updates but I wanted to gather some feedback first. I would like to eventually wire my house so that each room has its own switch, and these switches...

Hi,

I have an Echo Dot and i have assigned it a static IP in my Cisco 887 router the same way i have assigned all my other devices a static IP address, The echo will not pick up the static ip address at all yet all my other devices pick there static IP's up with no issue. Has anyone seen this...

I have a Win 7 machine that I use for server duties. I want to use the machine for extender use, and I also have emby server installed on this machine. This is where I store all of my media files, and I would also like to use it for backups as well. I have three machines I would like to store...

If you try to record to a NAS over a network with this it's going to give you huge headaches. Network traffic will cause your video to jitter and freeze due to inconsistency in speed. This is why MS doesn't all you to do it. (very easily, lol)

BUT, if you're running Win 7 WMC in a VM that's on top...

Not sure f this is the right place to post this. if its not i apologize

so i'm gonna be building a new HTPC and putting everything into a 4U server case to be mounted in a rack. Im currently running 2 infinitv 4 cards in my current setup. 4 tuners wasn't enough but 6 will do. so i was going to get...

I have been playing around with a HDHomerun Prime and WMC for the first time for a couple of months. I added a Xbox360 to the living room and am happy enough that all the family can use it better than the crappy Comcast HD DVR that constantly locks up or gets full.

I've started wiring up the house...

I have a DMA2200 I'm going to throw in the basement but I need to get a connection to it. I decided I'll try a powerline adaptor but I see many brands with other added features like four port and wireless. I'm only interested in hearing your success story. My main interest is hearing if you have a...

I thought I would take a moment to document a method for using iSCSI to attach a magnetic disk over the network to make available to Media Center for buffering of live TV and for recording. You'll need a handful of things.

1. A Media Center client with an SSD
2. Host capable of producing an iSCSI...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but it is network related. Also, This is a cross post from avsforum as I'm looking for information.

I'll start off with the issue. My HTPC in my Family Room has recently started to not want to connect to the wired Ethernet and is slow to load but...

I installed a new router yesterday and thought it would be a good time to clean up my IP address table in my network. I also checked for any firmware updates and found Netgear released 2.0.1.26 for my JGS524Ev2 (24 port ProSafe unmanaged gigabit switch). The make 5, 8, and 16 port versions in this...

I have been running my Windows 7 Media Center + HD Homerun Prime HTPC for 4 years now, and I love it. I have a way overkill desktop (i7, 16GB RAM, 250 SSD for OS, 2TB RAID1 for storage), and it has been running well without a hitch. However, it's time to add a second computer to my setup in the...

So finally got out of renting and picked up the keys to a 2 story home that is only 5 years old. While in the house today I took a look at the wiring to try and figure out the best way to setup or run cat6 (which I have plenty of spools of!)

But while poking around noticed that from the outside...