I really want to add a TV to a den that has no ethernet or coax. If they made a wi-fi mini, I'd buy it yesterday. MoCa won't work for me in this situation. Is there any other wi-fi solution to get Live TV to a TV (not a computer?)
I'll throw my 2 cents in for this too.. I have been using a Powerline adapter for one of my Mini's and other than a rare connection glitch, it works fine.I currently use a Actiontec Powerline adapter with my mini. I know TiVO doesn't officially support this, but it has been working great for me. Basically turned my house electrical wiring and outlets into Ethernet jacks. Easy solution. Also, cheaper than ripping the walls up
A Mini only needs 20Mbps max. The single port bridge mentioned will work, as will a TiVo wireless N. One thing that will not work is a Roamio's internal wireless.I will probably get that Netgear WNCE2001 mentioned by PSU_Sudzi rather than convert a router to bridge mode.
Like I said, I don't have any AC devices, but it looks like that throughput is 1331Mbits/sec which I'm going to guess is enough even for those big, fat, uncompressed TiVo streams.
As one of those admitted idiots (I'm fine with computers, but I fight my brain's going into near paralysis when dealing with networking and routers--not helped by the fact that I can't even find a user manual for my telecom-issued modem/router), I understand the issues that TiVo has with the current state of wireless. I just wish that TiVo had a way to be more flexible for those of us with less-connected homes where coaxial cabling everywhere we can have a TV and would like a TiVo box just isn't possible (such as, one's kitchen or an "auxiliary" room being used as a home office).Otherwise, yes, you are spot on in terms of why TiVo won't/can't to Wi-Fi Minis. The support would be a nightmare. And that's why many users on this forum have them running over Wi-Fi bridges and they are rock solid. Those folks know what they are doing, unlike the average idiot who has their wireless setup totally wrong.
I think there's an Amazon Fire TiVo app, so it's possible they've ported it to Roku. I'm not sure how much functionality these carry over from a stand-alone TiVo. They're also beta versions if I'm not mistaken.I recall reading about a TiVo app for Roku. Was that ever a thing. That would serve the wireless functionality, yes?
Sorry that I'm not as up to date on that stuff as others.
Was that vaporware?