5160 and 5540 not always "seeing" each other on network

[jdfrey1]

I finally just joined the multiple ReplayTV club. I've had a 5160 for a couple of years now and bought a 5540 for the bedroom. My 5160 doesn't always see the 5540 in the bedroom though. If I hard-reboot the 5540 it will show up on the 5160 for awhile but then later on it won't. The network is active because I can go to the 5540 in the bedroom and stream shows from the 5160. I also run DVArchive on my network computer and the 5160 always "sees" my PC. My 5540 is connected via a Wireless bridge but I've used this bridged for a long time and haven't had any issues. The bridge is a Linksys and so is my Wireless Router. Does anyone else have any suggestions on what I can do to solve this problem? I don't really want to have to reboot the bedroom unit everyday.

[rm -rf *.*]

Turn off the DHCP server and configure all your RTV's w/ static IP's.

[jdfrey1]

Originally posted by rm -rf *.*
Turn off the DHCP server and configure all your RTV's w/ static IP's.

Thanks, my network is already configured with Static IPs and no DHCP.

[moyekj]

Probably not what you want to hear but these wireless ethernet bridges using MAC masquerading don't always play nice with RTVs and their finicky networking. If you want trouble-free wireless networking with your RTVs you need WDS bridging such as in Buffalo wireless routers that are much touted in this forum. You would simply need a pair of these routers to replace your current Linksys equipment (router + bridge). I messed around a lot with various Linksys solutions in the past (all the way back when they were among the first to offer consumer 802.11b networking solutions) and while I did find working solutions the Buffalo solution has turned out to be much more reliable and efficient - even capable of high-quality streaming over 2 wireless hops.

[jdfrey1]

Here is another observation that I made this morning. I have not had DVArchive running for awhile. I look on my 5160 and it doesn't see my 5540. I start up DVArchive and it also doesn't see the 5540. It seems like something is wrong with my new unit. If I reboot it shows up fine (for awhile).

[plyons10]

More likely is a bad cable running TO the 5540!