I have a small LAN at home, which is complicated a bit by the fact that I also have AT&T's U-Verse service for my Internet broadband and TV. (U-Verse uses set-top boxes made by Cisco that do IP-TV.) In many people's installations, they connect all the U-Verse equipment up with coaxial cabling, and thereby keep it separated from the RJ-45 ethernet network a person has for their home computers. But I purposely wanted it installed to run everything over RJ-45 ethernet, because that way, I'd have the ability to plug a set-top box right into a switch anyplace in my house and have it work.
That's why I purchased a pair of Netgear GS108T smart switches.... I was told that they have the ability, out of the box, to auto-detect broadcast IP traffic (the IP television traffic from U-Verse in my case) and make sure it only flows to the ports with relevant devices attached to them. I set up one upstairs and the other downstairs.
Basically, everything seems to be working properly *except* I have a software package that allows streaming media from my Apple Mac to my Sony Playstation 3, and I have constant hassles getting the two to see each other on the network. ( The software on the Mac claims to use uPnP to discover the PS3.) I finally figured out I can get the PS3 to immediately detect the software if I unplug the power to one of the GS108T's and power it back on -- but the next time I reboot the Mac (software updates or what-not), it seems like I'm back to the same issue again.
I'm wondering if:
1. There are potential problems/issues if you have more than one GS108T on a LAN and both units have uPnP enabled? Am I supposed to be only enabling it on one switch?
2. Is my AT&T U-Verse IPTV broadcast traffic causing some problems here that I'm not aware of? (EG. Breaking the ability for uPnP to function normally)
That's why I purchased a pair of Netgear GS108T smart switches.... I was told that they have the ability, out of the box, to auto-detect broadcast IP traffic (the IP television traffic from U-Verse in my case) and make sure it only flows to the ports with relevant devices attached to them. I set up one upstairs and the other downstairs.
Basically, everything seems to be working properly *except* I have a software package that allows streaming media from my Apple Mac to my Sony Playstation 3, and I have constant hassles getting the two to see each other on the network. ( The software on the Mac claims to use uPnP to discover the PS3.) I finally figured out I can get the PS3 to immediately detect the software if I unplug the power to one of the GS108T's and power it back on -- but the next time I reboot the Mac (software updates or what-not), it seems like I'm back to the same issue again.
I'm wondering if:
1. There are potential problems/issues if you have more than one GS108T on a LAN and both units have uPnP enabled? Am I supposed to be only enabling it on one switch?
2. Is my AT&T U-Verse IPTV broadcast traffic causing some problems here that I'm not aware of? (EG. Breaking the ability for uPnP to function normally)
