Telus Optik TV is Great But Needs a Few Improvements

I switched to Telus Optik TV several months ago after being a Shaw HDTV customer for many years. So far I prefer the Telus Optik TV but I do miss a few things about the Shaw HDTV (i.e. Shaw’s generation of HDTV just before the new Shaw Gateway and Exo services).

One of these days I’ll write a full review of Telus Optik TV. For now I just want to talk about some much needed improvements for Optik TV. I emailed the following suggested improvements to Telus a few months ago but Continue reading » Telus Optik TV is Great But Needs a Few Improvements

How to Block IGMP Multicast Flood on a WLAN When Watching Telus Optik TV (IPTV)

After being a Shaw TV and Internet customer for several years, I recently made the switch to Telus Optik TV and Telus Optik High Speed Turbo Internet. While I’m very happy with both the Optik TV and Internet so far, there have been a few bumps along the way. For example, the other day I hooked up a DD-WRT powered wireless router to the network and experienced an IGMP multicast packet flood when I turned on the TV. In this article I show you how to use ebtables to block an IGMP multicast packet flood on a DD-WRT WLAN when watching IPTV. Continue reading » How to Block IGMP Multicast Flood on a WLAN When Watching Telus Optik TV (IPTV)

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