mercredi 24 septembre 2014

Best way to connect three Tivo Minis to Roamio Plus

I am hoping to get some advice on the best way to connect a Roamio Plus with 3 Tivo Minis. This will all be a gift to my parents. They're specific situation is this:



- Verizon Fios Service (50 up/50 down) with both coax and cat5 run from the ONT.

- Currently, I have the cat5 going into their router (a Linksys EA6900 router, AC wireless, etc). Then I have a short cat5 run from the Linksys to the Verizon router, which has the coax plugged into it to create a moca network for their Verizon STB.

- The Linksys functions as the primary router and the Verizon Actiontec has been reconfigured simply for Moca duties for the Verizon STB.

- All the rooms where the Roamio and minis will go have coax connections but no ethernet.

- They currently have 1 Verizon STB which will be replaced by the Roamio Plus



So obviously I need to use Moca to connect everything. My questions are:



1. I am somewhat concerned about Moca bandwidth and it needing to serve the Roamio and 3 Minis. Will upgrading the Verizon Actiontec router to the Rev I version (they currently have a rev D version) provide any additional bandwidth? I know the rev I has gigabit ports but will those even be utilized with this current setup? Or will their current Actiontec Rev D router be more than enough to handle the Roamio and 3 minis?



2. Alternatively, I was thinking remove the Actiontec, connect the coax to the Roamio, connect the Roamio's ethernet to a wireless AC bridge, and let the Roamio create it's own Moca network for the 3 minis. Would this work and would there by any advantages or drawbacks to it over the scenario described in #1 above? Would the Moca network created by the Roamio be more robust/faster for handling cable tv vs the Moca network created by the Verizon Actiontec router? I am thinking the only drawback here would be the use of a wireless AC adapter with the Roamio but that would only be a concern if multiple people were streaming Netflix on the Minis for example (right?) as that might put a strain on the internet access that is being mediated by the wireless AC adapter that is connected to the Roamio? Otherwise, if they just stick to watching mainly cable tv on the minis (which are connected over Moca), the wireless AC connection that connects the Roamio to the internet shouldn't be an issue...is that correct?



Thanks for any advice and/or recommendations that you can offer!




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