Tivo Wireless and WPA for Series 2

[Bodhammer]

I'm getting a Series 2 (TCD649080) and I was looking at the Tivo site with the list of supported wireless devices and the Tivo branded unit seems to be the only one that supports WPA encryption. Is that true?

Instead of using a USB device, could I use a wireless bridge that supports WPA off off the ethernet port?

Thanks,
Bod

[JWThiers]

I'm getting a Series 2 (TCD649080) and I was looking at the Tivo site with the list of supported wireless devices and the Tivo branded unit seems to be the only one that supports WPA encryption. Is that true?

Instead of using a USB device, could I use a wireless bridge that supports WPA off off the ethernet port?

Thanks,
Bod
Don't know about the wireless USB devices / WPA support, but yes a bridge that supports wpa should work fine. I found that the bridge route is generally more reliable anyway you get better signal strength/reception.

[SNJpage1]

Get the tivo branded wireless USB adapter. I have it and it works great. I connected a wireless bridge..costs about $50 to my wired router and it picked up the tivo with out any problems. I havent heard much about the wired network adapters that work over the power line in the house. They are about $100 you connect a cat 5 cable to tivo and then to the adapter which is plugged into an electrical outlet. Back at your router there is another adapter that you plug into the electrical outlet. You connect that one by cat 5 to the wired router.

[JWThiers]

When I said wireless bridge I meant tivo=>wired adapter=>wireless bridge=>wireless bridge (or wireless router supporting bridging)=>router. Tivo thinks it is connected to a wired network (technically it is) and the wireless is handled by the network not tivo. Generally more power to transmit, larger antennae for transmit and receive, Generally overall better performance than a USB powered wireless device. IMHO.

[classicsat]

And yes, only the TiVo G adapter supports WPA, as it has a co-processor in the adapter that does some of the network processing, as opposed to PC based adapters that rely on the host PCs processing power to do the work.