http://www.slingcommunity.com?src=forumtopic_rss Sling Community - Networking & Connectivity Forum Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:53:19 GMT admin@slingcommunity.com Sling Community 60 http://www.slingcommunity.com/brand/sling/community.gif http://www.slingcommunity.com?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39450/router-help/?src=forumtopic_rss Hi there, I hope someone can please help because I have tried everything! I am sure I may have missed something and any help is very much appreciated.... I have recently purchased a Netgear DGN2000 Wireless broadband router and a Slingbox Pro. I have tried to connect my Slingbox firstly into my Netgear DGN2000 router and connect via this but my Netgear DGN2000 router does not see my Slingbox. I can however see and control my Slingbox if I connect this directly into my laptop via ethernet. I have checked my Netgear DGN2000 router and this is working allowing me to connect to the internet wirelessly and via ethernet. When I follow the Slingbox Network assistant help I input the IP address: 169.254.255.254 in the Router Setup Inbound Services Send To Lan and I get an IP Address Illegal! message Please help as I would to connect my Slingbox to my netgear router so I can view Slingbox remotely. I am totally clueless regarding port forwarding etc and have read lots about port 5001 and this I have set this up correctly as per your instructions but I don't know how to configure anything else or where to begin...... I... Routers / Networking Hardware Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:15 GMT sparky1 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39450/router-help/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39445/Connecting-Slinbox-to-a-wireless-bridge-instead-of-a-Router/?src=forumtopic_rss Would it be possible to connect the slingbox by ethernet cable to a wireless bridge (an old G Netgear router) instead of connecting to directly to the router (N)? Thanks. Any help will be appreciated. Routers / Networking Hardware Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:05:02 GMT turbovin13 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39445/Connecting-Slinbox-to-a-wireless-bridge-instead-of-a-Router/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39389/UNABLE-TO-FIND-A-SLINGBOX-ON-MY-NETWORK-USING-A-MAC/?src=forumtopic_rss So..i have been trying to fix my slingbox for a few days now. I am currently using a slingbox pro connected to a directtv box that is connected with one of those linksys things that sends the internet throught the power outlet. ON the other end, the ethernet is connected to an airport extreme N. I cant seem to find the slingbox on my network. i tried portforwarding and this is what i did in the airport utility... public udp & tcp ports:5001 private UDP&TCP ports:5001 i am not to good with the port stuff so detailed answers would be greatly appreciated. also, both my power and network lights are on and everycord is connected. It recently started acting up when we switched form Cable to DSL. once again i thank anyone who can help me at all! :) Networking Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:44:04 GMT aar1002 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39389/UNABLE-TO-FIND-A-SLINGBOX-ON-MY-NETWORK-USING-A-MAC/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39363/remote-viewing-issues-in-Iraq/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello. I bought a slingbox solo for my husband who is serving overseas in Iraq. He recently got internet in his room and is trying to use the slingbox and is having trouble because of slow internet speeds. Now, today when he tried it there was poor weather so that may be affecting the internet. He gets his internet through satelite and he is using it during high volume time with the rest of his post. We have high speed cable internet here in the US with upload speeds around 385kbps (will upgrading this help?). Today he said he was getting between 40-75kbps, which resulted in a poor picture with long delay. I guess my question is, is there a way to make the slingbox work with such slow internet speed on his end? I imagine once the weather clears up his internet speeds will improve a little but what is the absolute minimum kbps on his end for a viewable picture? I've read that changing the encoding settings manually will improve the consistency of the picture, but will obviously make the picture more fuzzy. But that's ok. A consistent poor quality picture is better than nothing! What should his... Connectivity and the Internet Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:09:51 GMT kballiet http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39363/remote-viewing-issues-in-Iraq/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39340/having-two-ethernet-switches..../?src=forumtopic_rss I've got an ethernet switch upstairs (netgear) connected to a wireless router, a vonage voip system, Hava's titanium HD wi-fi and a 50 ft Cat 5 ethernet cable that goes through the walls downstairs connected to a slingcatcher. I'm using the slingcatcher for a slingbox that's connected in the U.K. I'm watching it with a Sony Bravia XBR9 internet capable TV and just recently Netflix activated their streaming service for the Bravia. I've only got one ethernet cable that goes to the slingcatcher, but would need another ethernet switch to start using the internet capabilities of the TV along with the slingcatcher without having to take one cable out all the time. The question is how stable is having two ethernet switches to the rest of the network? I'd hate for the cable modem / router ( Motorola SBG900 ) to crash with so much activity going on upstairs to affect what's going on downstairs. I know one way to find out is just buy another ethernet switch, but I don't know if another relatively inexpensive netgear ethernet switch will suffice or if I should be looking at something more expensive or a better brand. Has anyone pushed their hardware... Routers / Networking Hardware Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:16:14 GMT LTM http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39340/having-two-ethernet-switches..../#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39337/Remote-viewing-issues/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello all, I have a bit of a tricky question. I have a remotely located slingbox. It has a static ip assigned to it. Anyone local to that network can access the unit fine. Other remote areas can access the unit fine. My remote area cannot. I know this points to an issue on my end most likely, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what. I have tried 2 different computers, one vista, one XP. both have internet access. I control the cisco router at this location, so I removed all ACL limitations and rebooted the computers. I tried vpning into another network and still couldn't get this to work. I disabled all firewalls, including the windows firewall on both systems, making them as open as possible to fix this. The error I get is as follows: Error: 0x8007274c The connection attempt failed. Make sure the Slingbox you are trying to watch is on, set up for remote viewing, and not blocked by firewall/NAT settings. [Advanced users: the error code is 0x8007274c.] Constant: err-wsaetimedout --> Looking around, this seems to be a cacth-all error. I thought the problem was Vista at first, but my XP machine... Connectivity and the Internet Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:39:05 GMT doberry http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39337/Remote-viewing-issues/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39304/Router-Receives-Deauthentication-Solo-keeps-resetting-itself-Error-0x923400dc/?src=forumtopic_rss My Slingbox Solo keeps resetting itself after a few seconds of slinging. Initially there is a connection (and a decent one too) and I can view and watch a TV channel and then it freezes and loses connection. The error message I get is: The Slingbox has reset the connection, which disconnected SlingPlayer. [Advanced users: the error code is 0x923400dc.] The dlink DIR-655 router log Acrobat N: Wireless system with MAC address XXXXXXXXXX disconnected for reason: Received Deauthentication I have tried viewing both via the web and PC version of the Slingplayer and I also tried using a different router but in all cases get the same behaviour. The router seems OK i.e. I can ping the Slingbox and I made sure that he port forwarding is set up correctly. I also exchanged the power adapter (it is a universal one but has the same output as teh original one i.e. 5V and 4.0A). I also reset the Slingbox (holding the reset button for 20 sec), connected it directly to my PC and also noticed that the connection dropped while trying to configure it. I successfully configured it after a few attempts. (Prior to that I also tried to configure... Networking Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:51:03 GMT cvmc67 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39304/Router-Receives-Deauthentication-Solo-keeps-resetting-itself-Error-0x923400dc/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39278/remote-location-router-cuts-stream-in-half-vpn-restores-it-why/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello All, I am in China and without my router, I stream at about 650 kbps which is comparable to what others I know have. When I connect my router (I need it for my Slingcatcher), my stream drops to half that rate. When I use a vpn, with the router still hooked up, the stream goes back up. What is wrong? Is it my connection? My router? Please help! Michael Routers / Networking Hardware Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:53:33 GMT michaelabboud http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39278/remote-location-router-cuts-stream-in-half-vpn-restores-it-why/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39269/port-forwarding-helppp/?src=forumtopic_rss hi i have been using slingbox for over 2yrs now without major problem. i just got a new router Linksys WRTU54G, when i try to open the port forwarding for my sling IP (usually i use either 192.168.1.237 or 192.168.1.254) but my current router has defult setting of 192.168.0.XXX, so now i can't use any of the IP address i have been using. Can anyone tell me what is the IP address they use? HELPPP!!! Networking & Connectivity Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:37:12 GMT phinest http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39269/port-forwarding-helppp/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39266/Remote-viewing-problems/?src=forumtopic_rss Hi, I'm completely new to the Slingbox experience, bought my first one last week, so I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice please? I've used the setup assistant to configure the Slingbox, and i've added a port forwarding rule on my router. I've also given the slingbox a fixed IP on my lan so I don't have any problems if I have to reboot it, but I'm having problems viewing remotely. I can connect to it ok and watch TV for approx 10 minutes, but then the connection drops with the following error: Error: 0x923400dc Context: 0 Operation 3 The operation failed because of invalid state. I've tried connecting using the Finder Id and direct connection and it behaves the same way, has anyone seen this problem before? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Jon Connectivity and the Internet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:12:26 GMT jon3905 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39266/Remote-viewing-problems/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39264/Can-t-get-Sling-recognised-by-my-servers-DHCP-server./?src=forumtopic_rss I have Windows Server 2003 SBS Standard Edition. I can't get the DHCP server to assign an IP address to the Sling Solo. DHCP on both routers connected to the server are disabled (required by the operating system). Any suggestions? I figured it out by reading some of the other forums. It was simply that I had to limit the scope of addresses to less than all of the addresses, then create a reservation for the next available address and assign it to the mac address of the slingbox. Routers / Networking Hardware Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:59 GMT Newlifeman http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39264/Can-t-get-Sling-recognised-by-my-servers-DHCP-server./#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39263/ZoneAlarm-Z100G-Problems-With-Slingbox/?src=forumtopic_rss I have my slingbox connected to a new ZoneAlarm Z100G wireless router. Now, I am unable to view my slingbox outside of my home network and I cannot find any obvious problems with the configuration. Anyone else have similar issues? Thanks, Rob Connectivity and the Internet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:12:05 GMT jmhill80 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39263/ZoneAlarm-Z100G-Problems-With-Slingbox/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39243/Fios-and-Sling-internet-viewing...help/?src=forumtopic_rss Help! I have done all I could to get the Slingbox up and running, but still cannot successfully set up internet viewing. So far: Tried automatic setup, failed Set up port forwarding as described, failed Called and PAID Sling to help, after 3 calls and 1 hr on the phone/remote control of my PC, failed Called Verizon to confirm my IP was public, it was Called Verizon to confirm no ports blocked other than 25/80, confirmed tried ports 443/5001/5002, all failed When I go to canyouseeme.org, NO ports could be seen, connection refused on all. Can someone help direct me to the item to correct, or the throat to choke to get this thing working? Thanks! Ian Networking Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:29:23 GMT SmilerNJ http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39243/Fios-and-Sling-internet-viewing...help/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39242/Help-Fios-Actiontec...Internet-setup-failure/?src=forumtopic_rss Help! I have done all I could to get the Slingbox up and running, but still cannot successfully set up internet viewing. So far: Tried automatic setup, failed Set up port forwarding as described, failed Called and PAID Sling to help, after 3 calls and 1 hr on the phone/remote control of my PC, failed Called Verizon to confirm my IP was public, it was Called Verizon to confirm no ports blocked other than 25/80, confirmed tried ports 443/5001/5002, all failed When I go to canyouseeme.org, NO ports could be seen, connection refused on all. Can someone help direct me to the item to correct, or the throat to choke to get this thing working? Thanks! Ian Routers / Networking Hardware Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:27:03 GMT SmilerNJ http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39242/Help-Fios-Actiontec...Internet-setup-failure/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39240/Fios-Actiontec-router-unable-to-configure-internet-viewing/?src=forumtopic_rss Help! I have done all I could to get the Slingbox up and running, but still cannot successfully set up internet viewing. So far: Tried automatic setup, failed Set up port forwarding as described, failed Called and PAID Sling to help, after 3 calls and 1 hr on the phone/remote control of my PC, failed Called Verizon to confirm my IP was public, it was Called Verizon to confirm no ports blocked other than 25/80, confirmed tried ports 443/5001/5002, all failed When I go to canyouseeme.org, NO ports could be seen, connection refused on all. Can someone help direct me to the item to correct, or the throat to choke to get this thing working? Thanks! Ian Connectivity and the Internet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:08:28 GMT SmilerNJ http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39240/Fios-Actiontec-router-unable-to-configure-internet-viewing/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39226/setup-assistant-problem-with-WORKING-slingbox/?src=forumtopic_rss on 3 computers, the slingbox-hd works PERFECTLY, even remotely. i have a new hard drive on my HP dv5t and i installed windows 7, 64-bit home. (slingbox worked fine w/ that laptop both with vista x64 and the test versions of windows 7 x64). now, when i go to setup this latest software onto the windows 7 operating system, i get the following error: YOU MUST HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION TO PROCEED. I am ALREADY ON the internet! i can not log in either. i do NOT have a proxy server anywhere. internet explorer and firefox work fine. i am not running 3rd party virus protection. turning the windows firewall on/off makes no difference. i've added it as an allowed *.exe program. i've uninstalled / reinstalled. possibly related - google chrome also hangs up during installations, so i'm guessing the final version of windows 6 x64 must have something wrong w/ it. Thanks in advance, i know i can't be alone. Connectivity and the Internet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:07:10 GMT wcvb http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39226/setup-assistant-problem-with-WORKING-slingbox/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39181/FIOS-15mb-Upload-why-can-t-I-get-close-to-that-remotely/?src=forumtopic_rss DL speed at work is 10mb's. Streams reach just under 2mb though. What's up with that? Networking Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:38:57 GMT beerhead500 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39181/FIOS-15mb-Upload-why-can-t-I-get-close-to-that-remotely/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39160/A-Bill-Gates-House-Slingbox-Networking-Nightmare/?src=forumtopic_rss ok im about sick of messing with the stuff but a custmer of mine has this big bill gates house and she wants to work meracle with networking. there is no cat5 jacks anywhere in the house. she wants a slingbox pro HD hooked up to DTV box and she also has a slingcather for one of her living rooms. she also has one for her office at a remote location. ok first off the router and internet head is in a room far on one side of the house and the dish reciver is in another room way on the other side of the house on the second floor.. we tryed useing the slinglink turbos.. well needless to say thay wouldnt connect to each unless they were in the same room. im guessing because of the house wiring.. what else can i do to get intronet to these things? i dont think wireless will cut it. she will be providing 2 locations with a/v and one being remote. so i dont think wireless G will hold up to that. and as far as they are apart they prolly wouldnt get a good signal anyway.. im just about out of... Routers / Networking Hardware Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:56:57 GMT monroeacs http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39160/A-Bill-Gates-House-Slingbox-Networking-Nightmare/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39154/Networking-options/?src=forumtopic_rss SlinGurus, Quick question about networking options. I just purchased a slingbox solo off of Amazon. One of the reviewers was stating that Slingbox is not a "wireless" device and said you had to purchase a Slingbox single port "electrial outlet" network adapter. Here's my question: wouldn't a standard Linksys network adapter work just the same? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, IKN Routers / Networking Hardware Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:42:20 GMT IknowNothing http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39154/Networking-options/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39056/SlingPlayer-computer-connection-problem/?src=forumtopic_rss I'm trying to help a friend who knows less about SlingBox than I do. (And that's saying a lot...) The Slingbox Pro was connected and running fine for a long time using a router and separate cable modem (I believe it was cable internet access). My friend moved to a new city, and her cable provider set her up with internet access using a single cable router/gateway. The SlingPlayer and computer are directly connected to the router using ethernet cables, yet the Slingplayer says that it cannot connect to the Slingbox. (My friend originally was using powerline wireless from the router to the slingbox, but it didn't work with that either--though during a test, the computer successfully could connect that way.) I paid(!) for an incident of SlingBox support, but did not get anywhere. The network light on the slingbox is on (not flashing), indicating (according to the support person) that the slingbox is correctly getting an IP address from the Router and is itself not a problem. Therefore, support said, the problem must be on your computer, i.e., some piece of software is not allowing slingbox to connect to the router. My friend made no changes to her computer--or... Routers / Networking Hardware Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:38:41 GMT SlingKat http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/39056/SlingPlayer-computer-connection-problem/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss