for wifi, this question cannot be answered deterministically. the same hardware+software environment or at a different time of day may yield different results. there are situations where it could work for some period of time, but relying on that would be foolhardy.
Yes... some months ago I researched about wifi net stability to
send/receive OSC messages and read about it... about its
unstability. And I am talking about OSC messages only :-(.
For some days, I'm testing some ways to send/receive audio to/from two computers connected with WiFi to a router. I use Jack in both machines and I need to use WiFi, no wires, because of a necessarily comfort issue.
What I tested:
- netsend~/netreceive~ from http://www.nullmedium.de/dev/netsend~/. It works, but it makes a lot of click/pops: unacceptable.
- I compiled zita-njbridge and, finally, I made it work: also unaceptable because of similar noises and silences.What I didn't test yet:
- netsend~/netreceive~ from http://www.remu.fr/sound-delta/netsend~/, because it is not compiled for Linux and I don't know how to do it.
- I tried to use jack.trip but, because an error, I should compile 1.1 version. I didn't do it, because I have to install Qt5. I'm afraid of doing a mess...
- NetJack1: I like the idea of compressing audio, but I don't like the master-slave design because I have to use both soundcards speakers and microphones.
- NetJack2: also it has master-slave system. I don't know if I will can make the configuration I need.
Also, I have to send from one computer to the other, a screencast (I would use VNC or "X over SSH", I have to test them). It doesn't matter if it is not perfect, it is only for monitoring.
Now, the question: Will I can get what I need? Will I can send audio to/from both computers with no clicks/pops/silences and also send video from one to another?
If the answer is "NO", I'm ending right here my research.
Thanks in advance.