MRV is going to go so slow for me :)

[MikeMar]

on Tivo 1- Transfering from Tivo 2, and transfering from desktop, and transfering to desktop

On tivo 2 - transfering from desktop and transfering to tivo 1

going to go soooooooooooooooooooo slow :) Tivo 2 is on a wireless B connection too :)

[jfh3]

If you want to use wireless, a Tivo-branded wireless G adapter is your best bet, as it offloads much of the transfer work from the Tivo to the adapter.

My experience with wireless B was frustrating. I saw a decent change when I went to wireless G and a significant one when I ditched the Netgear wireless G for the Tivo one.

[ah30k]

Can it be possible that a TiVo wireless adapter can be faster than a wired 10/100 connection?

I am using a USB 2.0 10/100 adapter (the TiVo recommended one) on my S2 and a direct connection into the on-board ehternet port on my S2-DT.

The resulting MRV connection can barely keep up with a 'Best' recording transfer. I switched from a USB 1.0 adapter to a USB 2.0 adapter hoping to get a significant speed increase, but saw nothing!

Very frustrating indeed.

[petew]

Can it be possible that a TiVo wireless adapter can be faster than a wired 10/100 connection?


Wireless G is 54Mbs, at max speed the USB200M is 100Mb/s so the wired network should be faster. Realtime MRV of best would require approx 10Mb/s data transfer rate, so I'd check that you don't have any 10Mb/s components on your wired network that are slowing everything down.

I'd also suggest trying High rather than best, you may not be able to notice the difference.

[ZeoTiVo]

Can it be possible that a TiVo wireless adapter can be faster than a wired 10/100 connection?

I am using a USB 2.0 10/100 adapter (the TiVo recommended one) on my S2 and a direct connection into the on-board ehternet port on my S2-DT.

The resulting MRV connection can barely keep up with a 'Best' recording transfer. I switched from a USB 1.0 adapter to a USB 2.0 adapter hoping to get a significant speed increase, but saw nothing!

Very frustrating indeed.

it can be possible, especially depending on the TiVo model.
a 240 has very good USB chipset and does very well with a USB wired adapter and alright with a wireless with some more benefit from a TiVo wireless..


a 540 model has a cheaper USB chipset that relies on the CPU for processing.
it does alright with a USB wired adapter
and poorly with a USB wireless adapter but really picks up with a TiVo wireless adapter that offloads some of that CPU workload.

NOTE- TiVo MRV does not come close to maxing out even a wirelss B network so it is not the throughput of the networks that is the bottleneck but how much work is placed on the TiVo DVR and how efficient the USB adapter and driver for it are.

the ethernet port on the DT speeds things up becasue the "ethernet" driver on LOINUX is very efficient and stable and has no need to involve the CPU that much.

[pauljb55]

I just connected my Tivo G adapter to my 540 model and saw 0 improvement while transfering to my 240 (connected via usb-ethernet adapter) and/or to my laptop

my router is a brand new D-link (WBR-1310) and works great with my new laptop. Both run G and I have done speed tests with my new router and have been very pleased.

My main reason for dumping my old wireless connections was the hour and a half tansfer time on high quality to my laptop for an hour show.

Now, when I connected my new wireless adapter, I just pluged it in, did I need to reboot to get the better speed?