Router & BTU is in store room, while HyppTV STB is in living room. There's a RJ45 wall socket at living room's wall, connected to store room.

Previously using Powerlines, but it's not stable (lag, disconnect etc). So I have to use cable, losing that wall socket for Internet.

I wonder will the setup above work? Can standard TM-supplied/consumer routers with Unifi VLAN tagging work in AP mode too? Thanks.

Nevermind my previous question. Managed to get a stable HyppTV by using another set of Powerline.

No. TP-Link routers don't support HyppTV via Wifi.

So far need to restart the Powerline once a day. Not critical but annoying.

I've ordered TP-Link SG108E. Will try to setup once it's here.

Ended up with VLAN untagging & Powerline combination. Looks stable so far.

Port mirroring function in TP-Link SG108E is great. I'm able to see how much IPTV bandwidth HyppTV is using.

It shouldn't degrade internet speed.

In my case, HyppTV via powerline it's unstable. Maybe TP-Link C1200 doesn't like Powerline connected to LAN4, who knows, or due to my home's 3-phase wiring. Now after HyppTV is offloaded from my router, everything is fine.

As a good powerline can cost almost RM200, you might as well buy 2 TP-Link SG105E switch and trunk both VLAN 500 & 600 via your single network cable downstair.

This post has been edited by taqu: Oct 19 2018, 11:22 PM

Yes

No.

Couldn't do it so ended up using Powerline, but router no longer do VLAN tagging for HyppTV, it's done at my switch. HyppTV still loses signal sometimes, but I only need to restart BTU without restarting the rest of my network.

Great that you don't need unifi tv.

One more reason I bought SG108E is it can do port mirroring, connected to a small server monitoring Internet traffic.

Previously my HyppTV STB is very stable when it's directly connected to TP-Link C1200 on port 4.

After 500mbps upgrade, I moved the router into store room and connect the STB via Powerline (TP-Link PA4010). The STB frequently got disconnected. Changed to another older Powerline (D-Link AV200) and the problem happens less. But still annoying when you need to restart one Powerline for few seconds while watching TV.

Then I took a D-Link DIR-850L (previously as master bedroom AP) and turn it into router. Tried to setup STB to connect via Wifi but failed. Then I bought back PA4010 Powerline and voila! No problem with STB for 3 days.

But that DIR-850L is probably too underpowered to route at 500mbps, I'm only getting 300mbps max. Local LAN still runs at 700-800mbps.

I guess PA4010 sometime drops multicast IPTV packets when used on C1200 last time, causing the STB to disconnect. Probably D-Link routers have some settings to prevent packet drops when used with that Powerline.

To get back to 500mbps & stable HyppTV, I'm planning to use another D-Link (DIR-868L, flashed to Tomato firmware) as router. If needed, I'll re-flash to stock firmware.

Finally managed to get both 500mbps speed & stable HyppTV by updating the powerline's firmware.

I solved my problem by updating the powerline's firmware. I guess AV500 powerline may work on different phases but I'm not 100% sure. I have an older D-Link AV200 powerline that works too, but laggy most of the time due to not fast enough for HyppTV.

Glad to hear that.

TP-Link PA-4010

It should work.

Have you resolved your problem? Probably the STB has a weak Wifi. You can try using this pocket router that can transfer Wifi signal to the STB's Ethernet port.

https://www.tp-link.com/my/home-networking/...uter/tl-wr810n/

I'm using TP-Link PA4010. Most of the time it's OK. Only recently some channels eg Fox sometimes got satellite icon, which is OK after a few seconds, or if I quickly change channels. Probably some channels use higher bandwidth that my Powerline can barely handle (only 28 mbps link rate).

20m open area should be OK.

Yes, USB Wifi dongle possible, but I'm not sure whether it will help.

I guess the STB, or IPTV in general? doesn't like Wifi's higher latency.

I'm considering to upgrade to AV1000 powerline, for 100% reliable HyppTV. Right now I'd say mine is 99.5%. My TP-Link PA4010 is really old tech.

Use Powerline:

https://www.dlink.com.my/product/dhp-p601av...igabit-adapter/

This post has been edited by taqu: Oct 15 2019, 10:58 AM

Rega RM 169 kat Shopee.

Ada 2 adapter. Pasang Adapter 1 kat plug dinding dekat router, sambung network cable dari router ke Adapter 1. Pasang Adapter 2 kat plug dinding dapur, sambung network cable dari Adapter 2 ke HyppTV. On kan, siap

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