I have 1 Hopper / 2 Joeys. Bridging is disabled. I have connected the Hopper to my network using 3 different methods. First I used a WiFi bridge. Had lots of problems with Joeys loosing link and getting black screen when changing channels on Joeys. Next connected the Hopper via cat5 through a switch fed by cat5 from the router. No more loosing link but still had black screen on Joeys when changing channels. Finally, rewired some of my network and connected Hopper directly to the router via cat5. Still had an occassional problem with Joeys black screen when changing channels. I also tried both ethernet ports on the Hopper. The Dish tech brought a new Hopper and I still have the same problems.
With no network connected to the Hopper, the system works perfectly. It appears to me that the Hopper just does not like to have a network connection in any form.
I noticed that with no network connected to the Hopper both it and the Joeys default to an IP address in the 169.254.x.x subnet which I assume is the subnet for the normal Hopper/Joey Moca communication. My home network is on the 10.x.x.x subnet so I can't understand why the conflicts are happening.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
With no network connected to the Hopper, the system works perfectly. It appears to me that the Hopper just does not like to have a network connection in any form.
I noticed that with no network connected to the Hopper both it and the Joeys default to an IP address in the 169.254.x.x subnet which I assume is the subnet for the normal Hopper/Joey Moca communication. My home network is on the 10.x.x.x subnet so I can't understand why the conflicts are happening.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.