On Mon, 2021-12-27 at 17:35 -0600, Roger Heflin wrote:
> I have always ran my own router behind the ISP's firewall/modem.   I
> usually DMZ my personal router's ip address and then rely on the
> security of my own newer router that I have full control of.
> 
> I also forward ports to my server so that it can provide my public ip
> services via the router I have supplied.  I also always turn off the
> wifi on the vendor's device (or if possible don't get wifi on the
> vendor's device at all if that is an option).

I had tried that, but performance was dire.  That could just be the
combination of those particular devices.  If my old modem/router packs
it in, I'll just buy a decent one directly from someone other than my
ISP.

> George:
> switches will forward just about any underlying packets at the layer
> 2 level, they don't care about protocols at all, and generally it
> takes an expensive switch to even look at protocols.  But it is
> possible that the new switch does not support 10base-t and the set
> top boxes may need something ancient like that.

I was thinking it's more likely to be something like UPnP.  Though it
could be at the remote end.

All the smart devices I have run at 100 mb/s ethernet, none run at 10
mb/s or 1 gb/s.

All of which went dumb a while ago, for several days, when something at
Sony stopped working, and they go into stupid-mode when they can't
authenticate with their mummy.  I have a sony TV, and several Sony
bluray/smart set-top boxes for various TVs.  The TV deleted all the
channels associated with the ABC, no streaming playing from any
services on any devices, the devices wouldn't store their settings,
even playing DVDs required mucking around, unplugging the power to be
able to eject a disc.  A few days later on, they all went good again.

You might just want to try switching your network around, now, for the
set-top boxes, and see if it behaves any differently.
 
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