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Old 11-27-2008, 04:19 PM
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Setting up another PC

I currently run sage on an XP machine in one room, have an HD100 hardwired to the living room. I am setting up a HDTV and PC in the basement. Can I somehow bridge the connection at the HD100, and run a CAT5e/6 cable to the basement, buy a placeshifter license and watch HDTV from the HD-PVR I just ordered?
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Old 11-27-2008, 05:56 PM
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You could put a gigabit switch in the living room and connect your basement drop and the HD-100 to it. You will probably want the full client license on your basement if you want to watch the H264 recordings from a HD-PVR on it.
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Old 11-27-2008, 06:17 PM
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You could put a gigabit switch in the living room and connect your basement drop and the HD-100 to it. You will probably want the full client license on your basement if you want to watch the H264 recordings from a HD-PVR on it.
Thank you, with a "switch" can I use both the HD100 and the PC client at the same time? Or do I have to "switch" back and forth?
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Old 11-27-2008, 06:41 PM
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All at the same time. How do you have the server connected to the internet? Do you have a router? Router's usually have built in switches (sometimes hubs). If not, you can put a switch in between your internet connection and server and connect everything to that.
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Old 11-27-2008, 10:49 PM
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All at the same time. How do you have the server connected to the internet? Do you have a router? Router's usually have built in switches (sometimes hubs). If not, you can put a switch in between your internet connection and server and connect everything to that.
My router is in one room...but the HD100 is much closer to the other room, so I rather split off of that..its a shorter run.
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Old 11-28-2008, 06:07 AM
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Thank you, with a "switch" can I use both the HD100 and the PC client at the same time? Or do I have to "switch" back and forth?
No switching back and forth required. It does all that for you.

I'm talking about something like this.
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Old 11-28-2008, 07:58 AM
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No switching back and forth required. It does all that for you.
I'm talking about something like this.
Just to be clear, I would be able to use both the HD100 and my Client PC at the same time with a switch, correct?
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Old 11-28-2008, 02:25 PM
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Yes it should.

I had some issues running ethernet wires to some parts of my house that using a switch solved nicely. 2 separate rooms each have a single ethernet cable running back to my main 8 port gigabit switch which is connected to my router. Each of these rooms have their own 5 port gigabit switch with a computer and an MVP on each of them. I have not experienced any bandwidth issues while running everything at once.
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Old 12-04-2008, 03:43 PM
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While I agree that a gigabit switch makes sense you should have no trouble with a 10/100 switch as well as long as you only have 2 devices connected. Even a full HD stream is only 20 Mbps so 2x20=40 so you still have lots of headroom with 100 Mbps capability. If you have a spare router around you could probably use that as most routers are also 4 port switches - just remember to disable DHCP on the router.
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