Multiple TCPIP problem 1

[tedsmith]

Q.1
Can I use TCPIP to send a command from my computer to a second unmanned computer on my LAN to tell it to select from a number of video streaming URLS and start showing different movies? (using VB6 and sockets)
The unmanned computer and monitor would be in a shop window and I want to instruct it to show various video files at various times and sometimes off a security camers outputting MP4.

I presume I would have to set up my computer as a server and the other LAN conmputer as a client to my computer.
Can I have the unmanned computer also acting as a client to another computer on the internet that has the videos at the same time?

Q.2
Can anyone tell me a rule of thumb of what speed of LAN I would need to stream multiple video?
EG. If I had 10 Cameras, each putting out 4mbit MP4 streams, being fed to 10 other computers on the same LAN, would the total requirement be 40 mbits? If higher, how much higher would I need?
I presume data collision would slow it down.
Thanks
Ted

 

[LawnBoy]

1) Yes. TCP/IP is simply a transport mechanism, any data you might want to send can use TCP/IP. Construct a string of commands on the controller, transmit the string via TCP/IP, interpret and act on the string at the client.

2)More or less... That would be OK on a 100Mb link, unless there were other traffic present. If you use switches instead of hubs there are no collisions.