Hi All,
Hoping we have some very advanced networking people hanging out here. My questions are around whether it's worth segmenting off the Kaleidescape devices on their own VLAN, or to get more drastic putting them on their own switch. Theoretically, by segregating the K devices in one of those ways, higher performance should be achieved regardless of what else is happening on the network.
I've noticed, for instance, that my upstairs 1080p Miniplayer can't play the Hi-Def Kalahari videos without a few hiccups, the first I've ever seen of this on Kaleidescape.
That bedroom has a single run of Ethernet cable coming to it, so I had to put a small gigabit ethernet switch in there to allow the Tivo and KPlayer to share net access. I'm wondering if that switch is adding enough of a delay to cause these problems.
I'd hate to run another ethernet cable upstairs... so my other choice would be to use that ethernet ONLY for the Kplayer and switch my Tivo to wifi. Might help.
So, roundabout question, but in general, should the K traffic have its OWN switch or VLAN so its traffic performs optimally and not get affected by file transfers between PCs or slower wifi traffic, etc.?
--josh
Hoping we have some very advanced networking people hanging out here. My questions are around whether it's worth segmenting off the Kaleidescape devices on their own VLAN, or to get more drastic putting them on their own switch. Theoretically, by segregating the K devices in one of those ways, higher performance should be achieved regardless of what else is happening on the network.
I've noticed, for instance, that my upstairs 1080p Miniplayer can't play the Hi-Def Kalahari videos without a few hiccups, the first I've ever seen of this on Kaleidescape.
That bedroom has a single run of Ethernet cable coming to it, so I had to put a small gigabit ethernet switch in there to allow the Tivo and KPlayer to share net access. I'm wondering if that switch is adding enough of a delay to cause these problems.
I'd hate to run another ethernet cable upstairs... so my other choice would be to use that ethernet ONLY for the Kplayer and switch my Tivo to wifi. Might help.
So, roundabout question, but in general, should the K traffic have its OWN switch or VLAN so its traffic performs optimally and not get affected by file transfers between PCs or slower wifi traffic, etc.?
--josh