1 ehternet port for HR21 and Xbox 360. Switch? Hub?

[meStevo]

Yeah, I didn't realize you could daisy chain off the HRx boxes, nice tip. I'd put a hub/switch back there anyways... before you know it you'll need it.



I've got my 360, PS3, and HR22 connected to a switch behind our TV. The way things are going our next TV will probably have an ethernet port, and I don't remember if our Wii connects to it too.

Now we're moving and I might have to put a wireless access point back there instead.... bleh (may look into powerline networking options too).

[mbarry55]

If you have an old wireless router laying around, put DD-WRT on it. Turns it into a 4 port wireless-to-wired switch.

[ChrisK114]

Just a note that this will not work with a HR20-X00. It only works with Hr21's and higher.

[Lothar27]

So this will work with the HR23 as well? I'm using the home plug adapters to get On Demand to my box. Would be nice to wire up my PS3 since I just got the Netflix streaming disc for it.

[talos4]

The HR21 has a second port that can be used for attaching another networked device. Just attach one port to the wall and attach your Xbox 360 to the other port.

I've been doing that since Santa dropped off the 360 at my house last year. Works flawlessly and always a good connection for the Netflix stream.

Yeah, I didn't realize you could daisy chain off the HRx boxes, nice tip. I'd put a hub/switch back there anyways... before you know it you'll need it.

That's for sure. I'm one short in the house right now.

[dlma1]

A switch is high recommended over a hub to give you efficiency and scalability. I would recommend a Cisco SD205 or SD208 depending upon how many devices you need to hook up. I actually use a gigabit version (SD2008) because I have heavy data transfer requirements but that may be more than you need. Hubs are essentially obsolete since they don't dynamically route signals and consumer (and even business type) switches are reasonably priced so there is really no reason to use them anymore.

[basshive]

This also works on the R-22 in case anyone was wondering.

[tfultz]

A switch is high recommended over a hub to give you efficiency and scalability. I would recommend a Cisco SD205 or SD208 depending upon how many devices you need to hook up. I actually use a gigabit version (SD2008) because I have heavy data transfer requirements but that may be more than you need. Hubs are essentially obsolete since they don't dynamically route signals and consumer (and even business type) switches are reasonably priced so there is really no reason to use them anymore.

I'm using a powerline ethernet adapter and I usually only have one linked device actively running at a time. Would moving to a switch from a hub show any significant improvement?

When setting it up I figured the bottleneck would be at the powerline ethernet adapter and that the switch/hub wouldn't make much of a difference. That was just me guessing however.

[dlma1]

If you are using only thing at a time and are only switching between 2 devices, probably staying with a hub is fine. But if you plan on adding other devices, I would get a switch. Some examples include a blu-ray player, TiVo, a Slingbox, a computer, movie server, etc. All would be better served by a switch. Cisco/Linksys, Netgear and others have good ones starting as low as about 20 bucks.

[wildbill129]

If you are using only thing at a time and are only switching between 2 devices, probably staying with a hub is fine. But if you plan on adding other devices, I would get a switch. Some examples include a blu-ray player, TiVo, a Slingbox, a computer, movie server, etc. All would be better served by a switch. Cisco/Linksys, Netgear and others have good ones starting as low as about 20 bucks.

Good advice. If you really want to future proof it, buy a gigabit switch. (assuming the rest of your network will provide gigabit throughput) I am now in the process of upgrading all my switches to gigabit. They are cheap now, only 10 to 20 bucks more than 10/100 switches.