or you could put another NIC in your BE and configure a DHCP server for that interface. That way the HDHR has its own path to carry data on. This will take a lot more time to get going but would be cheaper and maybe more efficient
<br><br>Mitchell<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jake Palmer</b> <<a href="mailto:jakep_82@hotmail.com">jakep_82@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>From: Rich West <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>><br>><br>>Rich West wrote:<br>> > ryan patterson wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> On 4/5/07, *Willy Boyd* <<a href="mailto:willyboyd@gmail.com">
willyboyd@gmail.com</a><br>> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:willyboyd@gmail.com">willyboyd@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> On 4/5/07, Rich West <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">
Rich.West@wesmo.com</a><br>> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>>> wrote:<br>> >> > After reading past posts on the list and looking at the device<br>
> >> itself<br>> >> > (on the web page), is it as easy as it claims to be? That old<br>> >> phrase of<br>> >> > "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't" rings through
<br>> >> my head<br>> >> > every time I come back to it. But, from what I have read, a<br>> >> number of<br>> >> > people are using it. What are people's experiences with the
<br>> >> HDHomeRun<br>> >> > and does the antenna you choose have an impact (I'm sure it<br>> >> does, but by<br>> >> > how much)? Is the HDHomeRun better/worse than getting an
<br>> >> internal HD<br>> >> > tuner card?<br>> >> ><br>> >><br>> >> FWIW, I got mine Monday and set it up that night. After plugging<br>> >> things up and following the instructions (can be found on the wiki
<br>>or<br>> >> silicondust's forums, sounds like you've found them), it really was<br>> >> THAT easy.<br>> >><br>> >> You'll have to go through your channels and put in xmltvid's, and
<br>> >> lots<br>> >> of your scanned channels might not actually tune, but as far as I'm<br>> >> aware these actions are independent of which HD tuner you end up<br>>going<br>
> >> with and would be done regardless. The real boon for me, was that<br>> >> this was my first foray into having more than one tuner. I put in<br>>a<br>> >> two-way splitter on my cable line and instantly had 2 identical
<br>> >> sources to record from.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> The HDhomerun is very easy to set up and use. I don't know why Willy<br>> >> Boyd says you have to put in xmltvid's. I never had to do that. I
<br>> >> can't compare the HDhomerun's tuner against any other HD tuners. I<br>> >> hooked it up and it gets all my local HD channels. That is all I know.<br>> >><br>> >> I am a harsh critic and I rate the HDhomerun as a 9 out of 10. It
<br>> >> loses one point because: no static ip address option, no wall mounting<br>> >> holes, and a wall wart AC adapter.<br>> >><br>> ><br>> > It is funny you mention the AC adapter. That was one of those things I
<br>> > was thinking "Aww, crud. Not another power cube".<br>> ><br>> > I am pretty much sold on the idea of the HDHomeRun. I think my other<br>> > concerns are more HD related, like planning for the larger file sizes
<br>> > (not sure what the ratio is per hour of video), adjusting MythTV to use<br>> > the HD tuners at a higher priority than the PVR-150's already in the<br>> > system (when appropriate), etc.<br>> >
<br>> > How hot do these things run, anyhow?<br>> ><br>> > I just I should just go and buy one already. :)<br>> ><br>> > -Rich<br>><br>>Of course I remember this right after I hit send..
<br>><br>>How badly (if at all) does the HDHomeRun pound the network? I've got<br>>one backend with 3 frontends. I don't think I have had all 3 FE's in<br>>use at the same time, but with HD being pushed TO the BE and back out
<br>>again from the BE, will that become a choke point, or am I over<br>>analyzing this?<br>><br>>-Rich<br><br>HD can run up to 19Mbps. Multiply that by 5 (2 into the BE, 3 out of the<br>BE) and you're probably beyond the limits of a 100Mbps network. But that
<br>only applies if you're recording 2 HD channels and all 3 frontends are<br>watching HD. You might want to upgrade the ethernet card in your BE and<br>your router to gigabit if you see that ever happening.<br><br>Jake
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