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I just received a new Directv system, and I am trying to find the least painful way to get multi-room viewing to work. I have a HR24, and two H24's.
As far as I have it now, the multi-room feature works as long as I do not have an Ethernet connection from my Ethernet switch connected. The system info indicated that coax networking is enabled, and the non-DVR boxes will find the DVR just fine and it works good. The problem is that I can not get an Ethernet port to work on any box once the coax networking is enabled. If I connect Ethernet to one of the boxes, I have to reboot to make the Ethernet port active again - and by then then the coax networking has stopped.
So, as it stands, I will have to wire all boxes back to the switch. I hoped that the built in DECA in the H24's would allow coax networking while connecting to the Internet via Ethernet port on one of the H24's.
Is there a trick to make that work? Do I need an external DECA to "insert" the Internet into the coax?
Any help and insight would be greatly appreciated.
As far as I have it now, the multi-room feature works as long as I do not have an Ethernet connection from my Ethernet switch connected. The system info indicated that coax networking is enabled, and the non-DVR boxes will find the DVR just fine and it works good. The problem is that I can not get an Ethernet port to work on any box once the coax networking is enabled. If I connect Ethernet to one of the boxes, I have to reboot to make the Ethernet port active again - and by then then the coax networking has stopped.
So, as it stands, I will have to wire all boxes back to the switch. I hoped that the built in DECA in the H24's would allow coax networking while connecting to the Internet via Ethernet port on one of the H24's.
Is there a trick to make that work? Do I need an external DECA to "insert" the Internet into the coax?
Any help and insight would be greatly appreciated.
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