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[efrem]

Hello guys i have a question to make
Is it possible to have cytavision running thru a router between cytas router and the set top box ?


As you can see in the scematic the set top box is connected directly to the cytas router.



A customer of mine has the set top box on the ground floor and an ethernet cable running try the first floor connected to the set top cytavision box.
But on the second floor doesn't have WIFI coverage so i suggested to connect a  WIFI router between them and then the set top box on an ethernet port.
The question is will it this work ?
As for the internet it will but what about the cytavision will it work too having a Linksys router before the STB?

[efty]

My understaning is that he wants to do the following

cyta adsl modem <---> Linksys Router <---> STB(CytaVision)

Most likely it will not work
Most linksys routers do not support multicast and if they do their support is troublesome, as a result your network will suffer.

[panicroom]

Connect the devices the way you describe (use crossover cable for correct connection between two routers) and disable the DHCP on Linksys router.Also change the IP of the Linksys router(static) into an IP address in the range of your networks IP addresses, be careful not duplicating any IP address. You have to use Linksys router as wifi access point and also as Ethernet switch, disabling DHCP makes the Linksys router act like switch.
I 've never implement that solution but i think that this may work.
Making search on the internet may help you solving this problem. What you want to search for is " how to turn a Linksys router into wifi access point".
I hope that was helpful.

[efrem]

my post has also been deleted. I've explained that this setup probably won't work because of different encapsulation and registration issues with the STB with the router. Don't forget that MyVision has a smart chip that needs to be validated with cytas servers