[mythtv-users] Strange networking issue with Acer Revo AR1600 on GBit

[Michael Lynch]

> I'm running MythBuntu 9.10 karmic on my Revo frontend with kernel
> 2.6.31-20-generic and I don't have any issues with the networking.
> 1080i recorded off my HDHR plays fine with no prebuffering pauses.
>
> If adding activity on the backend seems to alleviate your issue I
> would suspect that your cpu is being throttled down on the backend due
> to low activity. Have you done ALL of the steps at
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Troubleshooting:Prebuffering_pause ?
>
> Why would your distro, kernel and make/model of frontend be an issue
> when adding activity to the backend machine seems to remediate the
> issue?
>
> Please understand I'm not trying to argue but rather trying to say
> 1)This combo works for me. 2)Here's some steps you can try.
>
> -Johnny

Thanks for the link, I hadn't even really put too much thought in to
it since I came across the issue.  I'll try and work my way through
those possible solutions and see if anything helps.