<p><a href="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/networking2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-563" src="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/networking2.jpg" alt="networking box" width="720" height="340" /></a></p>
<p>For some time now I had a lot of issues with my PCH-A210.</p>
<p>When I power it on, I check the network settings and PCH-PopCorn Hour aquired an IP address from my router. No matter that I can ping it I am unable to access my PC (myiHome server running normally).</p>
<p>When I try to browse the PCH folder structure using UNC path I can usually start navigation, but after one or two subfolders it stucks with the network discovery line slowly crawling. After some time folder opens, if I try to go even deeper in the folder structure I usually get an error about &#8216;network path not found&#8217;.</p>
<p><img src="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pch1.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>I was not sure sure if this was related to firmware update (latest one) or this PCH-A210 is just one buggy device.</p>
<p>To fix this problem, I had to restart the damn device 5-10 times until I&#8217;m able to normally browse the folder structure and copy from and to the device. Unfortunately I haven&#8217;t received any help from Popcorn Hour forums so I was on my own. I&#8217;ve managed to find out the culprit of the problem that was located on my desk. <!--more--></p>
<p>I was using a Netgear switch to connect my PCH to the router. Once I have connected the PCH device directly into the router, everything was fine. The big problem with this troubleshooting is that occasionally I had no issues even though PCH was connected over Netgear switch.</p>
<p>I wanted to share this article with you as someone could have the same issues and would probably blame Popcorn Hour for this.</p>