 ThalerPremium
join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
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Re: Of course you have to buy another box. said by sniperx:Only the TiVo 2 has an ethernet port. Actually, very few (if any) new TiVos have an ethernet port in them. Most have a modem w/ USB ports. Once you've done the dial-up intial setup, you can then feel free to get a WiFi/Ethernet USB card and hook up your TiVo accordingly.
My Toshiba TiVo DVD-R isn't all that old, yet had no built-in networking. I can't imagine putting an ethernet card in these things jacking up the price that much...but since I don't design them, we'll just have to wait for them to get with the times. |
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 Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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| No TiVo currently being made comes with an ethernet port.
TiVo had a choice to include either a USB port or ethernet port and they went with a USB port figuring that it was more versatile (for example you can hook up a wireless usb adapter).
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 JaM4150Premium
join:2005-10-27
Matamoras, PA | reply to Thaler
said by Thaler:said by sniperx:Only the TiVo 2 has an ethernet port. Actually, very few (if any) new TiVos have an ethernet port in them. Most have a modem w/ USB ports. Once you've done the dial-up intial setup, you can then feel free to get a WiFi/Ethernet USB card and hook up your TiVo accordingly. If you have a TiVo unit with TiVo software 7.x and higher you don't need to do the initial dial-up setup. It'll work over your broadband connection so long as you have a compatible USB to Ethernet/WiFi adapter. Allegedly you could do initial set-up over a network before version 7.x . Though I never tried the ,#401 prefix to see if it actually worked. |
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| said by JaM4150:Allegedly you could do initial set-up over a network before version 7.x . Though I never tried the ,#401 prefix to see if it actually worked. It does work. That's how I got my TiVo started. My TiVo has never had a phone line hooked to it.
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| Same here. I broke down and got a TiVo a couple of weeks ago, and the ,#401 trick worked fine, even though I had v.1.5 of the software to start with. |
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join:2001-03-28
Arlington, VA | Ditto, same with mine but I did have a lot of issues getting the newest version of the TiVo software loaded. Problem was I didn't have a phone line and had to use a friends.
But after 4 attempts to get the update it happened and my TiVo has been connected to my network ever since. |
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Keno69
join:2002-07-24
Chico, CA | reply to Morac
A little off topic, but does anyone know if the USB ports are 1.1 or 2.0? The transfer of shows using T2G seems very slow over wireless. The Tivo site recommends a wired connection to improve this speed, but if the USB port is 1.1, your only gonna get 1.5 Mbps anyway!?!? |
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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| It depends what number your TSN begins with. If it begins with 140 (you have a model 140 TiVo) the USB ports are 1.1 otherwise they are 2.0.
As of software version 7.0 the drivers allow USB 2.0 speeds, but you'll never see those speeds. Assuming you don't have a 150 model, you will get a performance boost if you use a USB 2.0 compatible USB adapter.
You didn't mention what model number you have, but the TTG speeds on the 540 (newer model) runs about 1/2 the speed as that of the 240 (older model). Also wireless speeds aren't that great (about 4.5 mbps max speed).
I have a 240 model series 2 connected to a Linksys WET54g (wireless G bridge) through a Linksys USB200M (USB 2.0 network adapter). My AP is a Linksys WRT54G in G only mode. Even with this setup I max out at around 7 mpbs for TTG.
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