NAS speed for HD streaming

[TomTom111]

Is there a recommended NAS speed for streaming HD?
Current speed reads 17Mbps up and 14Mbps down over wifi.

 

[smitbret]

Are you asking about NAS speed or Network speed?

Any NAS should be fast enough to stream HD video since Blu-Ray maxes out at 40mbps and ANY HDD should be able to read at more than 40MB/s (that's about 8x as fast).

If you are asking about Wireless speed, give up on anything less than Wireless AC. I spent the better part of a year trying to get HD to stream reliably over my wireless N connection back in 2010. I was able to get reliable playback but just due to bandwidth limitations I couldn't reliably FF/Rew, etc. Finally gave up and wired it until this fall when I went wireless AC.

 

[TomTom111]

I am mostly referring to LAN speed, but I did a speed test between reading and writing a file to a NAS over WiFi, and that's where I got the speeds from.
I have never actually never heard of 802.11 ac.
What I am doing this for is streaming to a console.
Is this new standard comparable to 802.11n, whereas it is backwards compatible, g cannot use n?

Thanks for the reply!

 

[TomTom111]

Found most of my questions about 802.11 ac here.
Next question, does anyone know of an 802.11 ac compatible bridge for wifi to ethernet?
Can't seem to find one so far.

 

[smitbret]

I don't know of any dedicated bridges. I just got two of these and put one in bridge mode (Disable DHCP Server and NAT). Here is a link to my Amazon Review and the whole experience. It should give you a pretty good idea of what you would be working with:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1OD0ARFGLI17L/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?tag=anan06-20

AC is 5Ghz band only. It's really irrelevant, though since any AC router is going to be dual-band so everything will be on the same network.

 

[TomTom111]

Good review, thanks for that.
That is a pretty high quality router, but as for buying two at $100 each is a bit steep for me.
What else I am thinking is getting a 300mbps bridge, and that may suffice for my streaming needs at the moment for a cool $20-$30.
Maxing out at 32Mbps will be good as 90% of what I stream is 720p.
Or even buy the AC1750 and a 600mbps N bridge.

So many options! lol
Thanks for the replies Bret. You have been most helpful to this rookie networker!

 

[smitbret]

Don't get fooled by N600, that is actually 2 X N300 bands, one on 2.4 and the other on 5Ghz. You'd be better off with a single band N450. Best resource to help you pick something out is www.smallnetbuilder.com. What kind of budget are you looking at? How much distance does the bridge have to do and how many obstructions does the signal need to penetrate?

 

[TomTom111]

Oh, did not know that!
My budget is $100.
I am in an apartment now, so distance shouldn't be an issue.
Max distance is almost 100' through 2 walls (one thick wall with a closet).