6 Hoppers?

[TechWriter]

Assuming DISH would let you have 6 Hoppers on one account, would this work as a single Hopper network?

http://rvseniormoments.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/six_hoppers_single_network.pdf

And if it did work, could you just keep adding more DP44s and more Hoppers?

 

[garys]

It would be DPP44s.

 

[uriel0818]

Only limitation would be the amount of 44 switches that can be trunked. Cant remember if its 3 or 4

 

[charlesrshell]

Only limitation would be the amount of 44 switches that can be trunked. Cant remember if its 3 or 4

I think the limit is three DPP44 switches that can be trunked.

 

[dwarren2]

Does Dish still have a limit on how many tuners you can have on 1 account?

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[bobvick]

I don't know if it's so or not, but a Dish CSR told me one time that 5 hoppers was the limit. Like I said I don't know if that is true.

 

[Voyager6]

I'm sure that there are MOCA limitations as well.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Why would you need 6 hoppers on one account ,unless you are charging for your own mini cable company to renters on your property.

 

[TechWriter]

Why would you need 6 hoppers on one account ,unless you are charging for your own mini cable company to renters on your property.

Cool your jets -- just seeing what's technically possible.

 

[TheKrell]

I too remember 3 cascaded DPP44's being OK. So, that means you've got 12 DPP outputs, which could in principle go to 8 Hoppers without even adding dual DP LNBs to feed two sets of 3 DPP44s.

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[TechWriter]

I don't know if it's so or not, but a Dish CSR told me one time that 5 hoppers was the limit. Like I said I don't know if that is true.

Mmmmm . . . the CSR I just talked with said 2 Hoppers is the max.

I wonder how many different answers we can get.

 

[ChadT41]

Did you mention they would be purchased? 2 hoppers is max for leased.

 

[TechWriter]

Did you mention they would be purchased? 2 hoppers is max for leased.

Glad you mentioned this . . .

I tried calling again and was given this #: 800-333-3474.

The person I talked with said DISH "usually" stops at 16 receivers!

I asked the rep to please check this . . . she came back with 2 leased + 5 purchased Hoppers for a total of 7.

I'll bet 8 wouldn't be a problem.

 

[ChadT41]

8 would likely be more than the 3 DPP44 could handle, but even outside that, that would be the first install to be audited. And likely audited multiple times... Just some words of advice.

 

[harshness]

I'm sure that there are MOCA limitations as well.

MoCA is limited to 16 total terminal devices per segment. It should be possible to patch MoCA segments together with wired Ethernet.

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[Tampa8]

Why would you need 6 hoppers on one account ,unless you are charging for your own mini cable company to renters on your property.

 

[jerryez]

Kind of funny that when the CSR told him 7 was max, he wanted to come up with 8, but just for technical reasons. Cool your jets, just kidding.

 

[jawxx]

It's interesting you brought up the 44 switches. What's possible and what the manual says are very different. The manual says 3. The apartment buildings I go into sometimes say 12, or 15, or 20. :/