I have DirecTV stream genie boxes. My internet provider supplied a Technicolor cable modem/router combination and it's worked good with the DirecTV stream well over a year now. The problem is that I had spotty in the rest of my house which is quite large. I bought a Deco P9 system since it works over powerline. I switched the modem into bridge mode and hooked up the deco units. They work absolutely great everywhere in my house. The problem is that now every 2 or 3 days my local channels disappear on the DirecTV Stream Genie box. I go into the settings and it shows that I'm connected to my home network.

Initially I thought this was happening because I don't have a static IP address and unfortunately my cable company doesn't offer that option other than to a business account. What doesn't make sense is why did it work well over a year with their Technicolor modem/router combo but not with a deco? Even with the Technicolor modem the IP had to be renewing the same as it is now.

I have a hunch but this may be totally wrong. This last time it seemed to work for a few more days than usual. I opened the deco app on my phone while I was away and connected to a different wifi network. Just to kinda check on things and snoop around. When I got home from work my local channels were gone again. Any chance this is happening when I open the deco app while away from home? If so I will uninstall the app or never open it again.

I desperately want to use this deco system since it works so much better for everything other than the DirecTV boxes. Any help would be appreciated. It just doesn't make sense that if I hook everything back up it works just fine. What is the difference?