1: Ping the devices from your LAN using various packet sizes to see
if it is an issue with packetsize.
ping ip.address.of.device -f -l 1472
The -f means do not fragment, then -l means length, 1472 is the
maximum MTU the ethernet generally uses (1500 which is 1472 worth of
data and 28 worth of packet header)
Assuming you can get packets through and get responses with that
command you can pretty much assume the network itself is working ok,
because it is passing the largest packets you can ask it to.
I will try this. Each device, the TV, the BRD and the WD Live has
it's own onboard network diagnostics to
-automatically find and set up the network.... note that what is
found is correct...all the number on all the devices are correct
-the IP number X as in 192.168.1.x has been given to them by the
router so The LAN DHCP must be to be talking to the 3 TV devices.
-Each device has a connectivity test that you can run and when I do
so each device runs through a process that takes several minutes and
then reports a pass.. I assuming it is pinging and checking transfer
rates because it automatically adjusts the transfer rate for the
connection, the end result always comes back right at 100 which
implies it is doing a packet check... no?
Further tests would be to attempt to use a known good public DNS
server (4.2.2.1 is one I use to test DNS issues).
2: Try switching out the cable going to that switch
I did try this right away
3: Try switching out the switch itself
I actually tried taking the switch out of the loop and plugging the
TV directly into the LAN router but it no change. But when I move the
CAT cable to the WAN router I am good.
4: Examine the arp table on your local LAN, do you possibly have a
duplicated MAC address for one of the TV's? Unlikely but possible
no
thanks for the input and help Chris!
w
Christopher Fisk
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