HIC or just add another wireless USB?

[glowrdr]

So I've started dabling in using the home media protion of the Hopper. I've got plenty of other items in my HT that support DLNA, so I've got quite a few movies and shows on my PC.

Long story short, I just tried to show my wife how to use the Joey to watch some TV show from the 80's that I downloaded for her. Got the "no internet connection" message. Should I get the HIC since I've got 2 joeys? I really only need 1 of the joey's connected. Or am I better off just getting another wireless adaptor (can the joey's even use the wireless adaptor?)

 

[sparc]

is bridging enabled on the hopper?

 

[glowrdr]

Not sure. Is that what allows the hopper to share the network? I kind of thought the joey's had something built in. I'll see if I can find the bridging - never checked (unsure of where to as well, but I'm sure I can find it)

Edit - in case anyone needs to know.... YELLOW - BLUE - SELECT - RED - MoCA - BLUE - BLUE - Bridging

 

[DISHinOhio]

Not sure. Is that what allows the hopper to share the network? I kind of thought the joey's had something built in. I'll see if I can find the bridging - never checked (unsure of where to as well, but I'm sure I can find it)

Bridging allows multiple Hoppers to talk to each other and share the network. On your DVR screen, it will be btwn "my recordings" dropdown and the "folders by title" dropdown. By default, this feature is disabled.

 

[JM42]

Bridging allows multiple Hoppers to talk to each other and share the network. On your DVR screen, it will be btwn "my recordings" dropdown and the "folders by title" dropdown. By default, this feature is disabled.

Bridging is not required for Hopper to Hopper communication. Hoppers should see each other just fine over moca with bridging disabled.

Bridging is only to share one Hopper's internet connection with the rest of the moca network.

 

[DISHinOhio]

Bridging is not required for Hopper to Hopper communication. Hoppers should see each other just fine over moca with bridging disabled.

Bridging is only to share one Hopper's internet connection with the rest of the moca network.

Sorry, bad way of wording it.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Bridging is not required for Hopper to Hopper communication. Hoppers should see each other just fine over moca with bridging disabled.

Bridging is only to share one Hopper's internet connection with the rest of the moca network.

So do I need to enable the bridge on a second new hopper like I did on my first hopper ? Will the second hopper without the internet connected , see the internet through the bridge on the first hopper? I 'm getting a second hopper this weekend and I'm just wondering what I need to do or not to do .

 

[DISHinOhio]

Bridging is not required for Hopper to Hopper communication. Hoppers should see each other just fine over moca with bridging disabled.

Bridging is only to share one Hopper's internet connection with the rest of the moca network.

I do not have a Hopper system, so everything I learn is by research. So just to clarify..The only thing Bridging enables is sharing the internet connection from one Hopper to all other Hopper/Joeys in the home? With bridging Disabled, multiple Hoppers will still be able to access the same video network (DVR, On Demand..)??

 

[JM42]

So do I need to enable the bridge on a second new hopper like I did on my first hopper ? Will the second hopper without the internet connected , see the internet through the bridge on the first hopper? I 'm getting a second hopper this weekend and I'm just wondering what I need to do or not to do .

The only place bridging should be necessary is on the Hopper that is connected to your router. If Hopper bridging works (I use a HIC and can't say first hand) then the second Hopper and Joeys should be able to see the LAN through the ethernet connected Hopper.

I can't imagine any reason bridging would need to be enabled on the second Hopper when only a single interface(moca) is connected as there would be nothing to bridge.

 

[MikeD-C05]

The only place bridging should be necessary is on the Hopper that is connected to your router. If Hopper bridging works (I use a HIC and can't say first hand) then the second Hopper and Joeys should be able to see the LAN through the ethernet connected Hopper.

I can't imagine any reason bridging would need to be enabled on the second Hopper when only a single interface(moca) is connected as there would be nothing to bridge.

Thanks for the answer. I was wondering how it would work. I haven't seen the internet problems with a hopper and 2 joeys that some others have said they are seeing. I didn't want to see it happen when I add the 2nd hopper come Saturday.

 

[glowrdr]

This worked fine for me once I turned bridging on. And yeah, someone posted the correct answer above - you only need to turn bridging "on" for whatever unit to connected to the internet (as the ones that aren't direct connected have nothing to share)

Stupid question, just trying to make things easier for myself down the road: How exactly do you turn bridging on manually? It's easy enough with the colored buttons - but I'm not going to remember that a year from now. When I goto the settings > network settings > MoCa - I get stuck. It's almost like you have to hit the blue button twice to get bridging to appear. Is this the only way? Or is the blue button going to a menu that I'm not getting to?

Thanks in advance - just trying to learn the full instructions rather than using the shortcut keys (if possible). I guess since I can remember to hit the blue button twice, I'll probably be fine from there. Just curious I guess

 

[Poke]

I would use the HIC. It seems more reliable and it pass your connection to all of your devices with the need of extra hardware like adapters plus less cable as well. Not for sure if the Joey can use a wireless adapter I think they have a USB port so I would think they could but again if you use the HIC you don't even have to mess with that..

 

[JM42]

It's almost like you have to hit the blue button twice to get bridging to appear. Is this the only way? Or is the blue button going to a menu that I'm not getting to?

That's the only way for now. I don't think they want average users mucking with it, so access to bridging is hidden for now. They released 213 with it enabled by default and were surprised by all the issues it caused so disabled it in later releases. I think they would like bridging to "just work" when needed without user intervention, but they will need a much smarter implementation for it to work that way.