Well, I know this has been mentioned before, but I've done several searches with combinations of terms like remote, network, guide, etc., and cannot find any threads that help me understand what's happening with my RTVs.
I have two new (bought 3 months apart) RTVs, a 5508 and a 5516. When working, the networking and streaming beween the two is great. But there's the rub. It seems to fail far too often for my liking. About every 1-5 days they seem to just lose contact with each other, and the remote selection simply says "This ReplayTV". It seemed to be MUCH more stable before the last software update, although that may be a red herring.
It seems to require a reboot of both RTVs to restore the networking functionality. However, 243-zones>Find other units finds the other machine in an offline state.
They both have the latest version of the s/w (the one that disables CA and IVS hacks). They are both connected to the same hub, and the hub is then connected to my home network and broadband link. One ethernet cable is about 12ft and the other is about 25ft, I think. Both cables are generic store bought pre-made lengths. Static IP addresses on both. They are NO IP address conflicts. Other network devices are dynamic and in a different address range (my router assigns dynamic addresses in a different range than static addresses can be set).
Other recent network changes. I replaced an old PC and upgraded all my PCs to XP Pro SP1 (none are running ICS though).
Questions:
- Why do they lose contact?
- If 243-zones>FOU can see them why can't the OS recover the networking to restore? And what does it mean by "offline" anyway (its on and working normally except for the networking)?
- Is there another way to restore the functionality without rebooting both RTVs?
- If the boradband link is lost, will the local networking also fail (I have noticed some instability of the connection to the broadband lately, which I'm still trying to isolate, but this doesn't impact the LAN the RTVs are on)
Many thanks,
Tim W.
I have two new (bought 3 months apart) RTVs, a 5508 and a 5516. When working, the networking and streaming beween the two is great. But there's the rub. It seems to fail far too often for my liking. About every 1-5 days they seem to just lose contact with each other, and the remote selection simply says "This ReplayTV". It seemed to be MUCH more stable before the last software update, although that may be a red herring.
It seems to require a reboot of both RTVs to restore the networking functionality. However, 243-zones>Find other units finds the other machine in an offline state.
They both have the latest version of the s/w (the one that disables CA and IVS hacks). They are both connected to the same hub, and the hub is then connected to my home network and broadband link. One ethernet cable is about 12ft and the other is about 25ft, I think. Both cables are generic store bought pre-made lengths. Static IP addresses on both. They are NO IP address conflicts. Other network devices are dynamic and in a different address range (my router assigns dynamic addresses in a different range than static addresses can be set).
Other recent network changes. I replaced an old PC and upgraded all my PCs to XP Pro SP1 (none are running ICS though).
Questions:
- Why do they lose contact?
- If 243-zones>FOU can see them why can't the OS recover the networking to restore? And what does it mean by "offline" anyway (its on and working normally except for the networking)?
- Is there another way to restore the functionality without rebooting both RTVs?
- If the boradband link is lost, will the local networking also fail (I have noticed some instability of the connection to the broadband lately, which I'm still trying to isolate, but this doesn't impact the LAN the RTVs are on)
Many thanks,
Tim W.