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<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe Problem<\/h3>\n
I use the Shaw Gateway System (there is a gateway\/PVR in one central place and then a series of \u201cPortals\u201d in each room where a TV lives and they share this TV network).\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty good.<\/p>\n
However, the other day, none of the portals were working and all I had from the system was \u201cFailed to connect to home network\u201d and\/or \u201cNo Gateway\u201d<\/p>\n
The Solution<\/h3>\n
I was able to draw on my old PC skills for this problem.\u00a0 Let me lay out what happened at my end, as the solution isn\u2019t AT ALL obvious based on the errors provided (Failed to connect to home network or No Gateway).<\/p>\n
The Cause<\/strong> \u2013 I have an external Hard Disk plugged into my Gateway to give my PVR more capacity.\u00a0 I \u2018bumped it\u2019 the other day and thus knocked the cable loose.\u00a0 This did not have an immediate effect or I would have caught it sooner. What happened (as I see it) is that as the Gateway is effectively a computer, at some point, Shaw rebooted the unit (applied newer firmware). When it booted up, it couldn\u2019t finish the boot (much like PC\u2019s with crappy USB detection firmware) and thus was \u201cstuck\u201d.<\/p>\nThe Fix<\/strong> \u2013 ensure the eSATA cable for the external hard drive is in properly and then reboot the Gateway.<\/p>\nThe Clue<\/strong> \u2013 despite the Portals simply complaining that they couldn\u2019t connect to the network, the only clue that tipped me off was as I was going through all the settings on the Portal, when I clicked on the external hard drive, it indicated the drive needed formatting (and I didn\u2019t want to do that, I have data on there!). But, it did leave me wondering why the external Hard Drive was ill \u2013 so I checked the cables, remembered that I had been reaching behind the unit about a week earlier and discovered it quite loose<\/p>\nHope this helps someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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