HD300 hangs upon startup if Internet is not found

[bigbill]

I have noticed this odd issue when I am traveling in the motorhome. If for some reason I don't have an internet connection available the HD300 hangs for many minutes 5+ then finally connects to the sagetv server and works normally. It does not do this when internet is available. (my sagetv server is local)

I am camping at River Island till today and yesterday the camp wifi had cut me off, probably due to an automated job downloading a few gig of shows from my home's sagetv server. I hadn't noticed the internet was gone till I fired up the HD300 and wondered why it was just sitting at the splash screen for so long. Then I remembered when I had seen this before. (dry camping in the middle of nowhere Alaska last summer)

I cannot think of a reason that device would require an internet connection to connect to my sagetv. Does it use DNS? I try not to use the local router for DNS and specifically setup 8.8.8.8 & 4.4.2.2 as my DNS providers.

Thanks! Bill

[wayner]

There are instances that I have seen and that others have posted on these forums of extenders not booting up properly and the solution is to not plug in the ethernet cable when you reboot the extender until it goes into the standalone menu. Then plug in your ethernet cable and give it a try. This happens

Maybe try that next time.

[graywolf]

Just a guess
Most likely there is code to check SageTV home servers for a firmware update.
Without an internet connection it has to wait for it to time out trying

Just a thought

[bigbill]

Originally Posted by graywolf

Just a guess Most likely there is code to check SageTV home servers for a firmware update. Without an internet connection it has to wait for it to time out trying Just a thought

That is one LONG timeout... -Bill

[wnjj]

Originally Posted by bigbill

That is one LONG timeout... -Bill

Likely a 30 second timeout with 10 retries.

[Carlton Bale]

Originally Posted by wayner

the solution is to not plug in the ethernet cable when you reboot the extender until it goes into the standalone menu. Then plug in your ethernet cable and give it a try.

The exact procedure is to unplug both the power and network cables, then plug in power, wait for the stage TV logo to appear, then immediately plug in the network cable.

It’s due to some extender firmware bug. I don’t know the exact cause, but it happens to me after momentary power failures that cause the extender to reboot and or the server to power down.

[bigbill]

Thanks Everyone, I am not usually in a big hurry to watch TV so I will continue to let it timeout. I am just glad its sort of normal and not my client going bad as decent new sagetv clients still eluding me. -Bill