I just posted a comment exactly like yours. Slingbox Pro working perfectly for 18 months and then nothing except a blinking light. My network can't see the box and I have tried everything including buying a new Linksys router and NOTHING works. If you check the threads, this seems to be a problem many of us are having. It's time for the folks at Slingbox to let us know why something that was working just fine one day does not. I have not changed a thing on my network until this problem started and I cannot resolve it.

Apparently there are reports of this problem happening.
Nothing has been posted to explain it though.

I'm having the same issues as everyone here.

I'm having the same problem. 5 blinks blank solid light for about 5 seconds then the 5 blinks again.

My router has a different power brick so swapping is not possible.

Any fixes?

Mine's not a new slingbox. I got it when the Pro first came out, and was one of the first delivered the HD cable when it came out. As most of you, it worked absolutely flawless. I disconnected it, and then rearranged my office. When I reconnected it, I had used the wrong power supply. Seems there's a tremendous draw on the lan cable when that gets the IP address and even more so when you start streaming. If there's not enough juice, it drops the connection. Check the output of your power supply to make sure that the SLingbox is getting 6 volts at 2 amps. It could be that your power supply is bad, or you're using the wrong one.

My Slingbox pro worked great for 10 months. Just stopped working yesterday. Can't get the network light to even blink. Even tried plugging directly into my router. Tried all the resets and restarts and nada. I haven't changed a thing on my network or Slingbox unit. I'm not using the wrong power supply. what could have happened?? Any ideas? This seems to be an issue other people are having. Anybody talked to Slingbox about whether or not this is a fluke bad unit or a common problem? They're sending me a replacement but it's really a hassle.

yep; that's exactly what happened to me.

I also had similar problems as others with the Network not being found issue. I called technical support tonight. The support drone on the other end did a valiant job to blame my network for the problem, but even when connected directly to the router the SB Pro would not stay connected to the network. One or two screens into the setup the unit would loose connection with the network. The unit is 2 days old. It worked for a few hours this afternoon, but after pressing the reset button (to change the configuration) it hasn't worked since.

I have tried all combinations of pressing the reset button for 5 seconds, 15 seconds, and unplugging the unit and plugging it back in while holding the reset button. Nada, nothing, Zilch. The unit is FUBAR.

I have tried connecting directly to the router with the supplied ethernet cable. The support drone said "we don't support switches" - whatever that means. Regardless the unit did not work.

Bottom line is that with all these comments, Sling is going to have to realize they have an issue that needs to be addressed.

I will be returning my unit to Best Buy tomorrow. I am undecided to give another unit a try... It's too bad really. When it workend this afternoon it seem to work well. A single push of the reset button and it craps out. Odd.

Best of luck to the rest of you. I will watch to see if anyone finds the magic fix.

MB

Hi folks:

I'm having this same problem after upgrading to the latest firmware as part of the 2.0 install. Every so often it drops connectivity and I have to either power it off and back on, or pull out and reinsert the network cable. The trouble also tends to be triggered by connecting or disconnecting from the unit. It doesn't happen while actually watching a program.

When I look at the diagnostic page from the Netgear GS748T switch that the slingbox is connected to I see that when this problem happens the switch starts reporting FCS errors (Frame Check Sequence). These errors continue even after the slingbox is disconnected from the software, and in fact they continue until the unit is rebooted, the network cable is pulled out and reinserted, or until I change some setting in the switch regarding the port the slingbox is on, which causes the connection to momentarily drop (basically simulating the pull and out reinsertion of the network cable). Based on this I'd say that the latest firmware version has a problem at the ethernet frame level, which is causing these FCS errors.

If anyone knows someone at Slingbox to forward this information to please do so. I do not believe that this is some other hardware problem because I replaced the ethernet cable, and I moved the slingox to a different port on the switch, and I got the same results.

mudtoe