@FURRYe38 wrote:
well maybe, however it's possible the NowTV is using some other non standard ports that isn't main stream or standard to normal networking protocols as well. Non router mfrs have been known to do odd things to make there stuff work. Something to ask them about.
As I mentioned in my last post, if it were just the NowTV box (not a well-known name outside the UK maybe - it's a badged Roku TV streamer customised for Sky TV's NowTV brand), I might agree more with you. The fact that the Panasonic box - a pretty well-known global brand, exhibited the same issue, points to something bigger than a minor manufacterers 'quirk' and to something relating to how the whole TV replay system operates.
I would expect a leading router manufacturer to have known how it works - unless maybe the UK with its comprehensive TV replay systems don't feature on the 'radar'. As I've also said previously, I've used the box wit routers from BT (Smart hub), Plusnet (Hub One - similar to the BT), Sky (white and black) and, I think O2 before that.
Anyway, the problem is sorted, at least for me, thought without knowing the cause and why the Orbi system isn't able to handle it (or, if it can, how to set it that way) remains a frustration.
As the Orbi is newer kit than the DM200, I would expect its firmware/software to perhaps function more effectively. So I would prefer to use its router capabilities rather than the DM200's.
That's why I'd still like to understand the full picture, even if I'm working OK for now...
