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Possible to burn a CD over a network?

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Nighthawk69

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Hi there all,

I was wondering if it is possible to use one computer to burn a CD on another computer that has a burner, over a LAN of course. What speed LAN would be required to do this, if it is possible? Would an 11Mbps 802.11b network be OK?

Thanks!

Happy Holidays! 🙂
 
Well, I have had an image file sitting on my file server which I burned to a cdr on my workstation. 10/100 LAN
 
thats wireless right ? have you run tests and stuff on your network to see if you actually get the full 11mb? i think it should be enough but thats pretty wild - have some mp3's on a file server and have them shot through the air in little invisible packets and then burned onto a cd. 😀 pretty cool if it works, I'd be worried about latency causing buffer underruns.



screw it, just try it and let us know if it works!
 
haha, it sure would be cool! 😀

But, I can't do it until I get the 802.11b setup, which I _hope_ to have done sometime mid-January if everything works out 🙂

If anyone else has done this over 802.11b, let us know and also tell us what speed true you are getting on your wireless as the CD is burning!

Thanks!
 
I don?t know which software Wik is using?

The issue is not Speed. I tried few packages of software, at the moment that the program sensed that it has to read from a Network Drive, it refuses to cooperate.

 
I've burned files over a network using Nero. I was getting them from a Samba share and had the share mapped to a drive letter. This was using a 100mb (wired) connection. I really wouldn't try this over wireless, unless you're burning at really slow speeds. The fastest transfer rate I've ever seen with 802.11b is about 600KBytes/sec. This was using a Cisco nic and access point with the nic being about two feet from the access point. 600K is 4x in terms of cd-rom speed.
 
Just to be clear, you're talking about storing files on a server, then burning them on a CD-RW connected to the local computer, right? You're not talking about pulling up Nero on your local PC and burning on the server, are you?

I used to do the former at work all the time - Worked fine at up to 12X. Most good burning apps will cache files ahead of the (Not the whole thing, just a chunk of it) to keep ahead of slowdowns on the network.

I'd definitely recommend you do a test-and-burn to make sure it works, at least the first few time. Also, better hope your burner has burn-proof - Otherwise you'll make a lot of coasters when someone picks up the cordless phone next door!

- G
 
sure you can, but in your case, why not download the files you want to the harddrive first and then burn .. more reliable .. but ya you could do it .. good luck ..
-neural
 
OK, so it basically sounds like it is something I should try, anyway 🙂

Thanks for your input all, hopefully the 802.11b comes through for me and I can try it out 😀

Happy Holidays!
 
I have tried burning CDs over a 802.11b network.. I wouldn't recommend running at over 4-8x on the burner.
I tried @ 16(just to see what would happen) and the only reason I didn't get a coaster was because my plextor burner has "burn-proof"
the buffer was at or close to 0 the whole time. 16x works perfectly over a wired network by the way.


DnetMHZ
 
just to clear this up... are you burning to a cd-rw that is on a remote computer? or are you burning files that are remote onto a local computer that has the cd-rw itself?

personally, i have burned files over the network onto my own cd-rw without a problem, however, i would not know how to access a cd-rw which is installed on another computer.

thanks...
 


<< just to clear this up... are you burning to a cd-rw that is on a remote computer? or are you burning files that are remote onto a local computer that has the cd-rw itself?

personally, i have burned files over the network onto my own cd-rw without a problem, however, i would not know how to access a cd-rw which is installed on another computer.

thanks... >>



As far as I know(ive learned never to say never in this industry) you cant "push" a burn from youre local computer to a remote CD-RW.
 
My original thoughts were to be able to "push" (sorry to steal your words, but they work well here 🙂 ) files from a fileserver to another remote computer for burning on a CD-R at 4x or 8x (the burner only goes to 8x anyway). I guess that may not be possible, but grabbing them from the fileserver and burning them onto a computer that HAS a burner may be possible...? (without copying them to that computer first, of course, as that defeats the purpose)
 
dnetmhz is definitely right,

A burnproof CD-R drive is a good thing to have if you burn over LAN. I do it all the time and burn stuffs from my file server without a problem on 100 Mbps switched network.

I don't think 11 mbps network will survive. From my experience, you can hardly get that kind of speed with wireless, you might get something like 1.5-2 mbps.

Anyway, just do a test. Worst case scenario is a toaster.

eRr
 
ha ha ha . . . burning MP3s that are getting sent through the air, that is golden!

Try it, even if you have to do it at 4 or 8x it is cool.

You guys make it seem as if CD-Rs are expensive... I just picked up 100 700MB 16X for $20, so whats that 20 cents a pop... Definitly at least worth trying, and quite possibly doing all the time.

Not to mention if you transfer the files to your HD then you have file duplication (yikes, takes up space [not that that is expensive either]) and after you transfer (at 600 or 4x as previously mentioned) you have to burn. Even if you burn at 16x then it still takes longer then just burning at 4x. Plus if you have a SCSI Plextor like me, then who cares if you underun the buffer? Even if you don't what do you lose, a Pepsi out of a 24 pack costs more then the CD!

-Ryan

PS: let us know, I think this is cool
 
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