Just got my TiVo, question about wireless adapter

Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?
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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...
Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

They do work with other adapters. The TiVo adapter however is the only one
it will do WPA with. The others are limited to WEP.

Bob Fry shaped the electrons to say:
Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

They support other adapters: http://www.tivo.com/adapters

However, I wouldn't bother using anything but the TiVo adapter. It is
the only one that supports WPA, and it far outperforms other adapters
for transfers.

-MZ
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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...
Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

If you go to tivo.com you can find a list of adapters that will work with
your S2. The Tivo adapter is much faster at transferring shows from
tivo2tivo, and should avoid any possible conflicts with software upgrades.
They are $43 @ buy.com.

Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

What're you expecting to do over the wireless link? If you're just talking
about guide data and the Tivo web programming then wifi would work. But if
you're talking about doing TivoToGo and other transfers of programs then
wifi won't cut it. The transfer times for moving video are horrendously
long over a wifi link. That and it utterly swamps any other wifi traffic
going at the same time. And if you're in an area with a lot of other wifi
(like a condo, dorm or apartment building) it'll get even slower.

Wire is cheap and pretty easy to run. If you're planning to do program
transfers don't bother wasting your money on the wifi gear.

=Bill Kearney

"BK" == Bill Kearney wkearney-99@hot-mail-com writes:

Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless
adapter I had. My question is, will TiVo only support their
adapters?

BK What're you expecting to do over the wireless link?
Just as a faster replacement for the phone line.

You guys convinced me and I ordered TiVo's adapter from Amazon.
Thanks for the info.
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:09:10 -0500, "Seth"
wrote:

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...
Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

They do work with other adapters. The TiVo adapter however is the only one
it will do WPA with. The others are limited to WEP.


When I got a network upgrade from DVRUpgrade, they recommended using a
(much simpler) WIRED adapter, and (if you still want wireless) an
ethernet bridge. This separates wireless security from the TiVo
itself.
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not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
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On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:02:47 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter I
had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

What're you expecting to do over the wireless link? If you're just talking
about guide data and the Tivo web programming then wifi would work. But if
you're talking about doing TivoToGo and other transfers of programs then
wifi won't cut it. The transfer times for moving video are horrendously
long over a wifi link. That and it utterly swamps any other wifi traffic
going at the same time. And if you're in an area with a lot of other wifi
(like a condo, dorm or apartment building) it'll get even slower.

Wire is cheap and pretty easy to run. If you're planning to do program
transfers don't bother wasting your money on the wifi gear.


True, among all the other disadvantages of wireless. It's a lot more
complicated (and so less reliable) and there's security.

=Bill Kearney
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
school classes." -- Ted Kennedy

"Bill Kearney" wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote in message
t
Setting up my new Series 2 TiVo for the first time, was a bit
disappointed to discover it didn't like a Belkin wireless adapter
I had. My question is, will TiVo only support their adapters?

What're you expecting to do over the wireless link? If you're just
talking about guide data and the Tivo web programming then wifi
would work. But if you're talking about doing TivoToGo and other
transfers of programs then wifi won't cut it. The transfer times
for moving video are horrendously long over a wifi link. That and
it utterly swamps any other wifi traffic going at the same time.
And if you're in an area with a lot of other wifi (like a condo,
dorm or apartment building) it'll get even slower.

Wire is cheap and pretty easy to run. If you're planning to do
program transfers don't bother wasting your money on the wifi gear.

=Bill Kearney

My wireless connected TiVo can transfer in near real time programs from
my other wired TiVo.

--


Travis in Shoreline Washington

Mark Lloyd shaped the electrons to say:
True, among all the other disadvantages of wireless. It's a lot more
complicated (and so less reliable) and there's security.

I don't think it is a *lot* more complicated. Certainly more
complicated, since wired Ethernet requires just plugging in a cable
and that's it. But WiFi isn't that hard to setup. You setup the
router, which generally means just setting the network name (SSID),
selecting the encryption to be used, and setting the pass-phrase.
Then on the client devices you just select the correct network name
and enter the pass-phrase.

And reliability of modern WiFi devices is very high, and just keeps
getting better with MIMO, etc.

-MZ
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