Hopper 3 with 4 Joeys

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My parents have a Hopper 3 and have had 3 wireless Joeys since they had it installed over a year or so ago. They wanted to add a 4th Joey for another room and I added the second Joey Access Point and the wireless Joey. Things would work for a day or two but then the Joey rooms would stop working and when you tried to change channels, the TV activity screen would come up, never allowing a channel to tune in, or there would sometimes just be a black screen. You could however bring up the DVR list and watch a recorded show when this would happen. The wireless Joeys weren't losing the access point connection. Each time the Joeys couldn't tune in a channel, we would have to go in and reboot the Hopper to get things working again. The tuners were not all in use. It would say 6 or 16, or 7 of 16 at times but never all 16 used.

I decided to try a wired Joey and take off the second Joey Access Point and 4th wireless Joey I had added previously. It seemed like it had fixed it but after a day or so it started doing the same things. I called Dish tech support today and explained all this to them and the guy listened but didn't really help with anything and just if it happens again to call back. Tomorrow I'm going to call a local Dish retailer and see if they can help. I'm not sure what needs to be done, but nothing has helped. Is the Hopper 3 not meant to work with four Joeys? Has anyone else had these issues? This is getting frustrating having to reboot the Hopper all the time.

 

[GooberedUp]

I believe you can have up to 6 Joeys on an H3. But I can't figure out what could be wrong.

 

[HipKat]

You mad e sure you have the Joeys split on which WAP they're connected to?

 

[Partysox]

The access point needs to be plugged into the bottom Ethernet port on the H3. Is your access point connected that way, if not try that. If the Ethernet was not plugged into the bottom when you change them power plug reset the H3 after you change them.

 

[charlesrshell]

I don't think you need 2 access points for 4 WJ you just need 1, the access point needs to be plugged into the bottom Ethernet port on the H3. Is your access point connected that way, if not try that. If the Ethernet was not plugged into the bottom when you change them power plug reset the H3 after you change them.

My WAP is plugged into the upper Ethernet port on my H3. The last I heard the WAP is limited to three WJs.

 

[Partysox]

My WAP is plugged into the upper Ethernet port on my H3. The last I heard the WAP is limited to three WJs.

Now that you mention it your probably right about the WJ's but spec is bottom plug, I edited my post...

 

[KAB]

Now that you mention it your probably right about the WJ's but spec is bottom plug, I edited my post...

Mine isn't plugged into either....rather, to a HIC.

 

[HipKat]

You can use either Ethernet port.... or a HIC!!

And yes, 3 Joeys per WAP

 

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Nothing has helped. Dish tech support said they would have to send it to engineers to look into and said it's been an issue for others as well.