Receiver tries to connect to desktop?

[Diansul]

I have an HR 21-700 connected to my home network; TV Apps work quite well. The receiver is connected to my router.

Zone Alarm on my desktop computer reports that the HR 21-700 receiver tries to connect to my desktop several times a day. Zone Alarm blocks each attempted connect; the attempted connects show up in the Zone Alarm log.

Why is the receiver trying to connect to my desktop?

 

[eandras]

The HR2X DVR's are trying to utilize the Media Server Capabilities of Windows Media Center.

 

[Mr Tony]

interesting. When I hooked my R22 up to the internet it did that once on my computer and I said "dont do it again" and it hasnt in 4 months

 

[Diansul]

interesting. When I hooked my R22 up to the internet it did that once on my computer and I said "dont do it again" and it hasnt in 4 months

Well, I've told the firewall program on my desktop computer not to accept a connection from the receiver, and it blocks all of its attempts to connect.

Is there some way to tell the receiver not to try to connect to my desktop? Or should I care even if it does connect?

 

[Bob Nielsen]

The receivers send out a network broadcast looking for suitable servers for the Media Share feature. If your computer is running a server (WMP is typically running at all times) it will try to connect to that (but your firewall probably blocks it). There is no way to turn that off. If you want to use Media Share you will need to enable that connection if you run a firewall on the computer. Otherwise you probably don't need to worry about it

 

[mitchflorida]

Well, I've told the firewall program on my desktop computer not to accept a connection from the receiver, and it blocks all of its attempts to connect.

Is there some way to tell the receiver not to try to connect to my desktop? Or should I care even if it does connect?

Go into Network and Sharing on your P.C. and turn off streaming from the DTV Renderer. right click and click on stop streaming.