[sniper007]

I have been testing this tonight and I still have the same problem. I tried pulling the coaxial out of the SHUB and this made no difference. It still times out all the time but only during streaming. I also setup long running pings described below to help troubleshoot.

Comp1 = main PC acting as streaming host server using PS3 Media server
laptop = test machine on network via wireless
PS3 = The PS3 playing back media

*Comp1 and PS3 connected to SHUB wired direct via gigabit ethernet and set to automatically obtain IP from SHUB DHCP.

Comp1 set to constantly ping:
Default gateway
Laptop
PS3

Laptop set to contantly ping:
Default gateway
Comp1
PS3

I noticed that when I have a network time out on the ping to the PS3, the film stutters at that very point. The Comp1 will show timeouts to PS3, as will the laptop to the PS3. However, default gateway and pings to laptop/comp1 all continue fine. It is only the PS3 that times out during these failing pings.

I tried setting PS3 and comp1 to have Full Duplex set in network adapter options. Didn't make a difference over the default auto negotiate.

Also, I have just finished testing the whole thing running from a very capable high spec laptop via gigabit on the same file, same version of PS3MS also via the SHUB, and guess what....exactly the same.

At the moment this can now only be:

PS3 is faulty = unlikely
PS3MS software faulty = likely**
Superhub is causing these issues = likely

** I will role back a version or two to test and I guess if possible use different streaming software as well to rule it out entirely as a next part of the test.

Any advice or things to check much appreciated.

---------- Post added at 23:02 ---------- Previous post was at 22:50 ----------

Actually now...what it is doing is as above, but when the film stutters, both the laptop (currently used to stream the film) AND the PS3 both time out on a ping. Before it was just the PS3, but now the Main comp1 cannot ping either when a film stutters.