[mythtv-users] strange lirc blaster problem

[jeff]

At least I think its strange.  I have a diskless frontend/slave backend 
gentoo system (100mb connection to the NAS) with a homemade serial 
receiver/transmitter with a pvr250.  Using a script to change the 
channel from the command line it works perfectly.  But when using the 
tuner in myth very regularly it misses some of the commands (instead of 
sending 2+4+enter the cable box will receive 4+enter or 2+enter etc) 
either though myth calling the script or by me executing the script 
while watching live tv.

Has anyone else seen anything like this, my only guess is that lirc is 
so sensitive that the high network load is throwing off it's timing and 
causing it to not send valid signals to the STB. My next try is going to 
either get a gigbit card to see if that does it or put a disk in it to 
see if that helps it.  But I would still be heavily using the network 
since I want my recordings stored on the NAS so I'm wondering if I 
should just break down and by a myblaster (or something else if someone 
found something better).

Thanks
Jeff