My guess... and it's just a guess, DIRECTV is losing its DHCP mappings and getting them back when the lease is renewed. You could try changing over to static IP addresses and see if that solves the issue.
DirecTV2PC Stability Question
I have my HR20 connected to my HR21 via ethernet, and the HR21 is connected to the network via a 802.11n bridge. Every so often (like once a month or so), I will loose one or both of the DVRs from DirecTV2PC. It just won't find it, period. I have tried power-cycling the router and the bridge, and re-booting both DVRs, but it doesn't help. Then, sometime in the next 24 hours, without my doing anything, it just returns.
The most recent time this happened, on Sunday morning, I did nothing. No power-cycling of anything. I just left it all alone until Monday night, and the DVR returned to DirecTV2PC all by itself.
When this happens, I can "see" both DVRs on my network map, and I can play music and videos from the PC on the "missing" DVR.
Any ideas why the DVR would disappear from DirecTV2PC, and then why it would just return a day later?
The most recent time this happened, on Sunday morning, I did nothing. No power-cycling of anything. I just left it all alone until Monday night, and the DVR returned to DirecTV2PC all by itself.
When this happens, I can "see" both DVRs on my network map, and I can play music and videos from the PC on the "missing" DVR.
Any ideas why the DVR would disappear from DirecTV2PC, and then why it would just return a day later?
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That was what I thought the first time it happened, so I set it to static IP, but it happened again, so I don't think that's it.Stuart Sweet said:My guess... and it's just a guess, DIRECTV is losing its DHCP mappings and getting them back when the lease is renewed. You could try changing over to static IP addresses and see if that solves the issue.
Also, if I power cycle the router, doesn't it reassign DHCP when it reboots?
This is about MRV, but the networking/static IP info is the same:islesfan said:That was what I thought the first time it happened, so I set it to static IP, but it happened again, so I don't think that's it.
Also, if I power cycle the router, doesn't it reassign DHCP when it reboots?
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=185713
Thanks, some good ideas there!veryoldschool said:This is about MRV, but the networking/static IP info is the same:
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=185713
As I understand it, if the DCHP lease expires, I shouldn't be able to (a) see the DVR on my network map on the computer or (b) be able to play music and videos from that computer on the DVR that has an expired DCHP lease, but I can do both when this problem occurs. Am I correct in my assumption (very limited network exprience)?
A router and these apps don't seem to be that simple.islesfan said:Thanks, some good ideas there!
As I understand it, if the DCHP lease expires, I shouldn't be able to (a) see the DVR on my network map on the computer or (b) be able to play music and videos from that computer on the DVR that has an expired DCHP lease, but I can do both when this problem occurs. Am I correct in my assumption (very limited network exprience)?
Each app seems to use different ports in the router. I learned this when I had one that could either play DirecTV2PC but not do the MRV, or it was the other way around. I had tried everything to get it to work, but rebooting the router was what finally did.
The MRV losing receivers was something I had in early testing, so the DHCP lease is [or was] a real issue.
None of this may fix your problem, but they're steps that might. Some routers handle this better than others.
If you've set the IP addresses outside of the DHCP reserved range of your router, and it still is happening, well :shrug: not sure what to say to help.
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