TiVo

Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, Krazee Brenda chose the tried and tested strategy of:

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I find the max speed I get with N to be more than 2x what I can get with G, so yes, it's faster. However, are you going to be streaming to/from the Tivo locally? If not, then your internet connection may be the bottleneck rather than the wireless connection to the Tivo.

Why indeed. You may have a TV, Blueray player or games console located near the Tivo that have ethernet and want internet access too.

Thanks this makes more sense in all respects.

Krazee Brenda wrote on [Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:54:40 -0500]:

Do the tiVo adapters support WPA yet?

tivos are usb, not ethernet... tivo adapter plugs into the usb place on the tivo, convert to ethernet, and connects to your home network.... bridges and ap's are usually ethernet, you want usb tivos are linux, linux client does support wpa, but only some usb-wifi dongles are supported by the tivo client (went thru 5 i had laying around, finally gave up and just bought a tivo one) no real major speed diff between g and n

I guess I'm hallucinating that my TiVo is currently transferring some programs, via ethernet cable, to my laptop.

some older s2's had wired ethernet, but newer s2's/s3's and s2's/dual tuners have usb

I think you've got that backwards. All Series2 DT and later models have built-in Ethernet as well as USB. Older models lacked wired Ethernet.

TiVo's wireless adapters are USB devices, but an Ethernet-to-wireless adapter or "bridge" should also work with any Ethernet-equipped TiVo, as it ought to be transparent to the client device.

Indeed, as I used a set of "powerline" ethernet adapters to hook up my TiVo a couple of years ago. (I've since switched it to 802.11, but still sometimes use an ethernet cable between the TiVo and my laptop for large file transfers).

not exactly.. the unit i have right here in front of me is an older s2 with a wired ethernet jack/port and no usb port (it's an s2 but NOT a s2dt.... drove me nuts trying to figger out how to connect it to the home network)

so much for the answers... i never say "all".. cause some smart*ss like me will find the exception that makes use of "all" a lie :)

Peter Pan wrote on [Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:15:38 -0500]:

What does Linux being able to support WPA have to do with TiVo supporting WPA? I know when I set the box up a couple of years ago it did not support WPA

the tivos are linux devices, and the linux software the tivo runs/tested/upgraded too a while back only supported wep - now supports wpa (if you change your network settings, it asks about security)

point of it being a linux box was the (cheap) wifi dongles sold for windows, instead of the tivo/wifi the op asked about, don't always work, they usually have to understand linux and have tivo compatibility (tivo software linux client only understands some devices, (but if you happen to be a linux programmer/hardware nerd you can write your own routine and emulate one - linux doesn't exactly use drivers like windows does), and the ones tivo sells have definately been tested and work, if you get something else (cheaper) it's a crapshoot if it will work or not..