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I have been involved "managing" five slingboxes (son, daughter, mine, two
for friends). I have concluded that if it works, good for you but if you
have problems you are in for a never ending battle.
I originally got a slingbox when it was still an independent company and
they worked flawlessly. Then they were bought out by one of the satellite
TV companies and it has been downhill ever since.
If something changes, like I got a new router, I could not get the slingbox
to work. I discovered that it would not accept an IP address from the new
router. I had to force my new router to go back to the old IP Address to
make it work.
If you go to the forums, forget it. I placed a question in February and got
a reply from Sling in May. And it made no sense. They were telling me I
had a firewall problem when the problem had nothing to do with firewalls.
If you try to follow the help pages you get different information and things
you cannot do. It is like the help just gives you random answers; nothing
connected to what your problem is.
If you have a working slingbox, DO NOT upgrade the firmware. I am sure that
killed the one I am trying to get working now.
And, man, if you have a problem, they love to force you to the "paid help".
Of course if it is like the forum help. Good luck!
One poster reported the person on the other end hung up when he asked for a
supervisor.
I for 1, pick it up at bb, hook it up works nicely, i don't have to do any router configuration, it just works.