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  1. DIRECTV Programming
    Yeah, same here ... My old former Tribune owned CW outlet station here in LA, KTLA 5, is gone from DIRECTV as well. Since it was recently acquired by Nextstar (or should I say "Deathstar?"). Fortunately though, like you, we have very strong OTA backup here with four active OTA TiVos and an HD...
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Also, when did the DIRECTV-12/T12 sat. have any problems? I recall the "amelioration" procedure as an attempt to correct the local spotbeam antenna problem on DIRECTV-10/T10 which occurred shortly after its launch and early operation. But I don't remember D12/T12 ever having any issues...
  3. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Wow, I'm envious then ... As your home's construction is indeed a very "RF friendly" environment (at least to WiFi frequencies). That is if only the one WAP built into the gateway would be sufficient to cover your entire house if it were wired for ethernet. I could never get away with that...
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Ok, but if you had ethernet throughout house then what type of system would you have chosen to distribute WiFi access over the house if Mesh systems like the Linksys you bought there would now be unnecessary? Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    You mean you don't really have WiFi access for wireless clients (Smartphones, tablets, notebooks, etc.) to your home network? Those AC1300 mesh nodes only function as wireless bridges for ethernet connected devices to backhaul them to the main AC2200 router/ node? Oh, and to note: While my...
  6. DIRECTV General Discussion
    So if I'm understanding you correctly there's really no functional or performance difference between a mesh system with direct ethernet backhaul (i.e., from each satellite node to the main router/node) and simply having multiple independent WAPs backhauled the same way? Sent from my SM-S908U...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Yeah I switched to those type of "pass-through" connectors and bought the highly rated $50 pass-through crimper tool from Klein Tools (VDV226-110). But admittedly I still struggle to keep those eight little wires to lay straight and flat and stay in the correct order before insertion into the...
  8. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Well, while I'm a bit embarrassed to say .... The truth is whereas I still have no problems with stripping and attaching coax connectors to RG-6 cable at my near senior citizen age. I seem to be all thumbs at attaching RJ-45 connectors to cat cable ends ... Sign .... :( Sent from my SM-S908U...
  9. DIRECTV General Discussion
    No, my mention of ethernet "between the nodes" earlier was not meant to refer to any daisy-chaining of the nodes. But each satellite node having a direct ethernet backhaul link to the main router/node that connects to the modem or gateway. But let me ask you this ... If you could have...
  10. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Should be preferred by anyone using a mesh system. I mean it's obvious (if it can be conveniently done of course). ... As one downside to mesh Wi-Fi systems is that data travels from node to node to the router and then back again using the wireless backhaul, meaning each packet of data must...
  11. DIRECTV General Discussion
    But even there while the increasingly complex WiFi such as in home mesh systems may be used for fronthaul traffic (between wireless clients and nodes). The preferred method for handling the backhaul traffic (between the mesh nodes) is still by ethernet cable. Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk
  12. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I assumed the Genie-1 (or HR54) would need to communicate with this new wireless client in the same way as the current wireless Genie Minis do. Requiring a WVB .... But if the new wireless client is going to communicate through the home WiFi and not via a closed WiFi system as the current...
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Can someone update me here? Since the email states that this new client supports wireless 4K for both the "Genie" and "Genie 2." Well since the Genie-1 (HR54) has to use an external WVB of course. I thought the MoCA 2.0 and 802.11ac WiFi capable WVB ver. 2 needed for 4K wireless streaming was...
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Hey, does the AM21/LCC still not work with the Genie 2? In a decision by DIRECTV that never made any sense at the time .... Sorry I haven't kept up to date on this, but I got so fed up with the AM21's shortcomings like this. That coconut13's good workaround advice notwithstanding, I just took...
  15. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Yeah ... To note they've only moved 5 HD channels off Ka and down to 101 Ku so far (to tp. 24). CNN HD, HGTV HD, Hallmark HD, MSNBC HD, and FNC HD. But exactly how they'll create more available CONUS tps. on 101 Ku though to move many more HD channels is a matter of debate since it took...
  16. DIRECTV Tips and Resources
    With the severe drought conditions we're having here out west. ... No rainfade test will come from here anytime soon ... Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk
  17. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Oh my bad .... Yes it's actually legacy port 3 on the SWM-8 switch that had the option of external power application, not 1. So since that SWM8-W apparently has no legacy 3 port (just a blank opening in the casting where it would have been) then the only way to power it with a PI is inline...
  18. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Exactly, that's what I mean ... The legacy receiver cannot power a SWM switch of course and from the photo I don't see any connection from a PI for that SWM switch in either way .... Though I admit the photo cuts-off short around the legacy ports, so I can't be completely sure there's no PI...
  19. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    I realize this is a very belated post to this thread and the OP has probably long solved his problem. And while I'm certainly no expert with LA systems .... But from the photo posted by the OP at least, it appears the problem is simply that the SWM 8-W has no power from an inserter connected...
  20. DIRECTV Tips and Resources
    Just a heads-up.... As recently posted on iamanedgecutter.com all three A3 feeds for CNN HD, Hallmark HD, and HGTV HD are now live on the Ku band at 101W. With 8-psk mod. and a 2/3 FEC on CONUS beam tp. 24 ... Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk
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