TurboNet Adapter Question

[Tim M.]

Ok, I have a standalone Philips 212 and my modem went south on me last
night. After going through all the options, I decided that
replacing the resistors or using a external modem were just not going to
suit me. I instead went for the TurboNet option. Once I
install the card and hook it up to my router, is it really as simple as
setting my dialing options on the tivo to ,#401 ? Also I purchased
a Linksys 4 port router which does support DHCP, what setting are required
to be changed in there. I hope it is as simple as it
looks and if it's not can someone tell me what else to do.


Thank You

TIm

[Seth]

"Tim M." > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> Ok, I have a standalone Philips 212 and my modem went south on me last
> night. After going through all the options, I decided that
> replacing the resistors or using a external modem were just not going to
> suit me. I instead went for the TurboNet option. Once I
> install the card and hook it up to my router, is it really as simple as
> setting my dialing options on the tivo to ,#401 ? Also I purchased
> a Linksys 4 port router which does support DHCP, what setting are required
> to be changed in there. I hope it is as simple as it
> looks and if it's not can someone tell me what else to do.

Yes, it really is that simple. The only setting that you should change on
the Linksys (not required) is the admin password. Other than that, you can
just plug it in and go.

[Rod Smith]

In article k.net>,
"Tim M." > writes:
>
> Ok, I have a standalone Philips 212 and my modem went south on me last
> night. After going through all the options, I decided that
> replacing the resistors or using a external modem were just not going to
> suit me. I instead went for the TurboNet option. Once I
> install the card and hook it up to my router, is it really as simple as
> setting my dialing options on the tivo to ,#401 ?

Assuming you're running version 3.0 or later of the TiVo software, and if
all you want is, effectively, a modem replacement, then yes, that's all
there is to it, at least on the TiVo software side. (Of course, you've got
to run cables, etc.) If you want to use additional software on the TiVo,
such as run TiVoWeb so you can review and schedule recordings from your
computer, you'll need to pull the hard disk and add stuff to it.

> Also I purchased
> a Linksys 4 port router which does support DHCP, what setting are required
> to be changed in there. I hope it is as simple as it
> looks and if it's not can someone tell me what else to do.

For a basic setup via a broadband connection, you shouldn't need to
change anything, although changing the password on the router is a Good
Idea. To some extent, though, this depends on the rest of your network
and your Internet connection. If you've already got a network that uses
DHCP, you'll need to disable one or the other DHCP server (whatever you're
using now or the one in the Linksys router). If you don't have a broadband
connection, then you should re-think this, since the TiVo will be trying
to connect to the TiVo servers at odd hours. It's possible to set up a
computer (or perhaps some routers) with a modem and auto-dialer, but that
tends to be a pain to do.

--
Rod Smith,
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking

[Scott Alfter]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

In article k.net>,
Tim M. > wrote:
>I instead went for the TurboNet option. Once I install the card and hook
>it up to my router, is it really as simple as setting my dialing options on
>the tivo to ,#401 ?

If all you want it to do is get updates over broadband, that is all there is
to it. If you want to do anything more with it, you'll want to yank out the
hard drive while it's opened up and install extra software so you can telnet
in, extract shows, etc. More info on that is at
http://alfter.us/tivo2svcd.shtml.

>Also I purchased a Linksys 4 port router which does support DHCP, what
>setting are required to be changed in there.

If your computers are already using DHCP provided by the router, you should
be all set. (I run dhcpd on a Linux box, which is set up to hand out the
same IP every time to the TiVo. To do that, you'd need to capture the
TurboNet's MAC address...it should be printed on a label stuck to the card,
but it isn't.)

_/_ Scott Alfter
/ v \
(IIGS( http://alfter.us Top-posting!
\_^_/ pkill -9 /bin/laden >What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE/AxbWVgTKos01OwkRAgv3AJ4zJ36zuGedM87OnL3+hzxnM3FTUA CfV2xy
CASJCyIPb0wN5ghe79Ico18=
=f3Y6
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

[Dave Platt]

In article <nFEMa.129$Pe.120@fed1read07>,
Scott Alfter > wrote:

>If your computers are already using DHCP provided by the router, you should
>be all set. (I run dhcpd on a Linux box, which is set up to hand out the
>same IP every time to the TiVo. To do that, you'd need to capture the
>TurboNet's MAC address...it should be printed on a label stuck to the card,
>but it isn't.)

That's because the TurboNet doesn't have a MAC address. It has no
on-board PROM or EEPROM.

The TiVo boot software makes up a we-hope-it-is-adequately-unique MAC
address for its TurboNet. The address is (if I recall properly)
00:0B:AD followed by three bytes (six digits) which are the last six
digits of the TiVo system's serial number.

--
Dave Platt > AE6EO
Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!

[Tim M.]

Thanks for the reply's guys.....right now, I'm just worried about getting
the updates done.....I would like to
throw a 120gb in there in conjunction with the 20gb included, but right now
I'm Mr. Fundsalow for a few
weeks.

Tim

"Dave Platt" > wrote in message
...
> In article <nFEMa.129$Pe.120@fed1read07>,
> Scott Alfter > wrote:
>
> >If your computers are already using DHCP provided by the router, you
should
> >be all set. (I run dhcpd on a Linux box, which is set up to hand out the
> >same IP every time to the TiVo. To do that, you'd need to capture the
> >TurboNet's MAC address...it should be printed on a label stuck to the
card,
> >but it isn't.)
>
> That's because the TurboNet doesn't have a MAC address. It has no
> on-board PROM or EEPROM.
>
> The TiVo boot software makes up a we-hope-it-is-adequately-unique MAC
> address for its TurboNet. The address is (if I recall properly)
> 00:0B:AD followed by three bytes (six digits) which are the last six
> digits of the TiVo system's serial number.
>
> --
> Dave Platt > AE6EO
> Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
> I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
> boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!
>