Network server fails playing after 8 mins. every time.

[prpr]

The Humax ports will be to the same standard and will surely be compatible.

The point is whether they are Auto MDI-X capable or not, and therefore whether you need a switch between them or not.

 

[jsrobo]

I would have thought the BTHub5 was Auto MDI-X capable. As for the Cable? I'll try a different one and see. Later.

 

[jsrobo]

Hi everybody, Made the time to do a thorough check, changed everything. Cables, Hub etc. found the problem. Just changed one of the cables. It must be faulty some how, looks perfect, changed for an identical looking one. Not the Hub. Anyways thanks folks for all your suggestions.

 

[prpr]

I would have thought the BTHub5 was Auto MDI-X capable.

Yes, but somewhere up thread someone suggested connecting two Humax units together directly.

 

[Black Hole]

Are the Humax ethernet ports of the type which will not care about whether the connecting cable is twisted or not?

Yes - they auto-sense.

I don't know whether just connecting the Humii directly would work. I might try it out later...

It does!

1. Connect the Ethernet ports with a Cat5 with standard pinout (twisted or not twisted);

2. Configure LAN as manual, with the same subnet address but different IP addresses.

That's it. Both DLNA and SMB work fine.

Now to check out a loop-back jack for custom decryption...