[mythtv-users] HDHomerun and network problems?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 19, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Michael Rice wrote:

> So I am thinking its a network problem.  At the time I had
> 2 HD recordings going on the HDHR.  At 11:00PM when the HDHR finished
> the game started playing fine.
>
> As far as I know there wasn't much else happening on my 100Mb
> network... just the two HDHR recordings and the playback of the game.
> Shouldn't my network handle this bandwidth ok?

Clearly not.

> It looks like this:
>
>       -------------
>      | cable modem |
>       -------------
>            |
>            V
>    --------------------------
>   |  Netgear Wireless Router |/_ Wireless
>   |         10/100Mb         |\  Connections
>    --------------------------
>     |       |       |      |
>     V       V       V      V
> MythBE   MythFE    HDHR    Windows PC
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if this was too much traffic for the router
> but how can I tell for sure?

I think you already proved it to yourself.

> Since the MythBE/MythFE/WindowsPC all
> have Gigabit ethernet  I probably want to add a new switch in here
> anyway... What would be the easiest way to add gigabit to my network?
> Do I need a new gigabit router or can I buy a switch and continue to
> use the netgear for wireless and DHCP?

You can put in a gigabit switch after your router and plug all your  
machines into it instead of the router and continue using the router  
and wireless you currently use. Another option is to add a second  
network card to your myth backend and connect the HDHR directly to  
the backend to all that HD recording traffic isn't on your entire  
network. It would just happen between the HDHR and the mythbackend  
seprately from whatever frontend is connecting to your backend for  
playback. Both of these options together would be optimal for your  
network, but I believe either would work on their own.