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Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 3:53 PM

Question on centralized DVR and clients/app on all TV locations

Let me try to lay the scenario out the least confusing way of what I want to accomplish.

My old home had an HDDVR with 2 genie clients using a standalone wireless bridge.  Honestly, the range on the wireless bridge was awful and I had to install the bridge in a middle room that didnt even use a client just to connect both rooms that needed signal for the remote clients.

My new home is larger with more TV locations.   I have a central closet where my ATT Fiber router is located, all Cat6 and Coax in the house home runs back to this room.

I'd like the satellite on the house to be able to have TV service if power is lost due to hurricane seasons and I can utilize my whole home generator to maintain service(unsure yet if ATT Fiber will be active if the area loses power).

With a minimal amount of research, it appears a Genie 2 headless (HS17) will serve my purposes for the DVR to park in my telco closet.  Can the client boxes on the TVs be connected via Cat6 or do they require coax?   If I tie the HS17 into the wired network, can the remote boxes use local WiFi to pull content?  Just looking for reliable, consistent service to the TVs.

I have enterprise level switch and will have enterprise level WiFi in the house shortly.

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254.4K Messages

7 months ago

Good question, @diasscarab. With HS17, the client can be connected via an ethernet cable. The satellite will still be the primary source of content even when connected to the internet and will only activate SignalSaver when service is interrupted by weather or signal loss. Check here to know how it works https://www.directv.com/support/article/000077947 Lynie, DIRECTV Community Specialist

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7 months ago

What are the client box models that can be connected via Ethernet?

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254.4K Messages

7 months ago

The boxes or receivers that can be connected via ethernet are HS17, HR54, HR44, and Gemini. Lynie, DIRECTV Community Specialist

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7 months ago

So the C71KW can use ethernet to communicate with the HS17 or it uses coax for the wired connectivity to the HS17?

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7 months ago

The C71KW needs coax or a WVB to connect to the HS17, it uses the internet connection provided by the HS17 to stream apps.

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7 months ago

Thanks everyone.  I have enough information to form a plan.

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254.4K Messages

7 months ago

@Juniper and @shannon02, thanks for your assistance. @diasscarab, you're welcome. If you have any concerns in the future, DIRECTV is always here to help. Lynie, DIRECTV Community Specialist


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