[mythtv-users] Sudden issue with HDHomeRun on network switch?

[Tom Dexter]

On 3/15/19, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>> I have no idea what to make of that at all. I can only think that
>> maybe the switch is going bad(?)
>
> It does sound rather like the switch. They can fail in "interesting" ways -
> I've had them "sort of" stop passing packets reliably, as in passing some
> packets but not others !
>
> Certainly in a case like this, the obvious thing to do is swap the switch
> and see what happens.
>
> The fact that some devices work and others don't could be simply down to
> slight variations in how the protocols are implemented. Behind the scenes
> there's actually a complete (albeit relatively simple) signalling protocol
> to allow the two ends to negotiate a link between them.
> A few years ago we had a customer with 2 sites with a road in between. We
> sold them an optical link which turned out to have an "interesting" design
> feature which meant that it didn't work with all switches. The people who
> supplied and installed it for us couldn't tell us what the issue was - but
> we eventually tracked down that these units didn't negotiate the link
> properly so they would only work with managed switched where the port can be
> hard configured to a specific set of link parameters.
>
>
>> Any recommendations are welcome. I was looking at a Netgear GS316
>> which seem to get pretty good reviews.
>
> It's looks like it's a variant of their GS1nn models. I've always found* the
> [FG]S1nn models to be very reliable, so I'd have no hesitation in trying the
> 316.
>
> * With work hats on, I've known a lot of networks run on them.
>

Thanks for the reply! I think you're right on all that. I've had my
existing switch for quite a while and it was really cheap. I might
just go ahead and get that Netgear. Thanks for the recommendation!

Tom