Using the 3.0 (Un)support for broadband

[mostman]

Is it confirmed that the WUSB11 doesn't work? Sure would make things easier.

-Mike

[High Speed Dubb]

PS: Taken care of... see my next post
I’m having problems getting a PPP via serial connection to work. This is with Windows XP (home), and the Tivo is a series 1 with software version 3.0. From the terminal output test suggested in Otto’s guide, it looks like communication is going okay. For that matter, a connection does show up in “Network Connections” when I try to initiate a test (or normal) call. But the call always ends up with a “Failed. Service unavailable” message. I’ve tried this at 9600 and seen the same result.

I’d appreciate any suggestions. In case my modem log will help out, here’s what I’ve got from it:

11-27-2002 17:59:02.046 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
11-27-2002 17:59:02.046 - Initializing modem.
11-27-2002 17:59:02.046 - Waiting for a call.
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: ~
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Interpreted response: Ring
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: !} }4}"
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: &} } }
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }%}&}
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }><ef>}'}
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: "
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Recv: }(}"'+~
11-27-2002 17:59:44.687 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: ~
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Interpreted response: Ring
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Answering the call.
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: !} }4}"
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: &} } }
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }%}&}
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }><ef>}'}
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: "
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Recv: }(}"'+~
11-27-2002 17:59:47.703 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 17:59:47.718 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
11-27-2002 17:59:47.718 - Connection established at 115200bps.
11-27-2002 17:59:47.718 - Error-control off or unknown.
11-27-2002 17:59:47.718 - Data compression off or unknown.
11-27-2002 18:00:17.718 - Read: Total: 605, Per/Sec: 16, Written: Total: 5740, Per/Sec: 190
11-27-2002 18:02:17.718 - Read: Total: 703, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 6969, Per/Sec: 10
11-27-2002 18:02:55.437 - Hanging up the modem.
11-27-2002 18:02:55.437 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
11-27-2002 18:02:57.437 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.
11-27-2002 18:02:57.437 - Recv: <00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00>
11-27-2002 18:02:57.437 - Unknown Response
11-27-2002 18:02:57.437 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
11-27-2002 18:02:57.437 - Initializing modem.
11-27-2002 18:02:57.437 - Waiting for a call.

[DarkHelmet]

For what its worth, the DTivo 3.1 release worked out-of-the-box on my Series1 (hughes) + Turbonet card with ,#401.

But it seems the 3.1 DirecTivo release doesn't include USB support.

[High Speed Dubb]

Yay! It turns out I mistyped my subnet. The serial connection is now working fine.

[High Speed Dubb]

PS: I eventually picked up the Farallon USB ethernet adapter from Computer Geeks. It&rsquo;s working just fine.

It&rsquo;s me again...

This time I&rsquo;m having trouble getting an ethernet connection to work. (A PPP over serial connection is working fine, but it would be nice to be able to have the calls work even if the computer isn&rsquo;t on.)

The dialing step always fails after about a minute, with a &ldquo;(Failed. Couldn't connect.)&rdquo; message.

This is with an SMC 7000BR router and a 3Com USB ethernet adapter, on a series 2 Tivo with software version 3.2. The Tivo was unplugged for a couple minutes before trying to connect. It doesn&rsquo;t show up in the SMC&rsquo;s DHCP clients list, so that could be the source of the trouble.

Thanks again for any hints.

[Xcelsior]

New TiVo owner as of yesterday and thanks to all of you who've blazed the trail. With your experimentation and experience, I've now been able to hook my new Series 2 to my DSL network wirelessly! And my wife thanks you for not requiring us to have telephone wire strewn all over the place.

The set-up:

TiVo series 2
Linksys USB100M
Linksys WET11
Apple Airport Basestation (Version 1)
Alcatel 1000

My only issue came in setting up the connection the first time and having the ethernet cable come loose from the USB100M (it's an odd connector that requires everything to be just so). Once I played around with it and secured the wire, it connected just fine to the network.

Now to find out all the cool stuff a TiVo can do!

Thanks agaiin everyone!!

[fr3d]

So, we all know that the HDVR2 doesn't support native USB broadband but I was thinking what we could do to enable it!

As I understand it the HDVR2 and the new Series 2 units have signed kernels (using El-Gamal keys) do we know if they are signed with the same key material? If so we could take the kernel from a Series 2 SA and put it on the HDVR2 and it should verify. Assuming that the way they disabled it was by not including the NIC drivers or the USB hub drivers in the kernel I think this would get us taken care of.

Now if they use loadable drivers vs kernel compiled drivers we may still be OK because we could take the drivers over, update the signature file to reference the new legitimately signed files and once again we should be OK.

Does this sound feasible?

Fr3d

[inaka]

For those of us who require our TiVo's to have a Static IP, will installing the TurboNet CD installer from silicondust.com (http://www.silicondust.com/agreetou_download.html) do the trick in 3.1?

I just got the 3.1 update, and need to have my TiVo use a Static IP. Please let me know if I can yank out the HD, and re-install the TurboNet driver from that CD, thanks.

[psperry]

Where do you find the modem log? I am trying to figure out why I am getting the error -- "Failed while configuring."

[NCTiVo]

A quick note to thank everyone for their efforts. I was able to connect my Tivo Series 2 to my home network via a linksys USB100M with no problem. It worked like a champ and I am loving life.

Again, thanks for blazing the trail.

Doug

[ALooneyGuy]

Otto or anyone,

Did Otto's FAQ's end up being hosted somewhere else? I now have the null modem cable I needed, but Otto's FAQ page finally disappeared, as promised.

[ALooneyGuy]

OK, I found it back on page 2. I tried that link last night, but it didn't work for me. Today, it is working.

[pafischer]

Originally posted by Saturn49


*sigh*. Real routers (like those made by Cisco) wouldn't bother to include a DHCP server. I think what you are referring to is those little NAT boxes that Linksys sells, and calls a router (when, in fact, they don't do routing in the conventional sense). [/B]

Actually a lot of Cisco routers now do DHCP. You just need to be running 12.1 or 12.2 code. I forget which. Try upgrading the code on your router.

DHCP works on most smaller Cisco routers, but not the older ones like the 2500 series. At least that was the state last time I checked.

[DuncanBlk]

I just got a Series 2. What USB Ethernet adapters are compatible? I picked up a 3Com 3C460 and the link and activity lights just blink back and forth, no DHCP lease was picked up by the adapter, and the test call with the ",#401" prefix doesn't work either....

[DuncanBlk]

Originally posted by Otto
Describe your setup in detail. There's a lot of things that can go wrong with routing, and without detailed info about how you're hooked to what, nobody can help you.

I'll tell you this: if you want a USB-Ethernet that actually *works*, I can recommend the Linksys USB100TX. Restarted Tivo, it got a DHCP lease right away, calls work just fine. Oddly enough though, the status lights on the ethernet adapter don't ever come on, even though I've got a link light on the hub/router.

[ccooperev]

fyi, I noticed that Otto's list has moved to a new address: http://www.lan.com/otto/tivo3xp/

[Joe Schmuck]

Yes, I read these threads like crazy before I purchased my USB to ethernet adapter. I must say, for 30 bucks, the Belkin adapter was well worth it. Not a single problem and I'm running a D-Link DI-614+ wireless router. Of course the TiVo isn't wireless, not yet, but it's working. I have noticed one thing, the downloads are slow. Heck, it might as well be a 28K modem, but now my TiVo doesn't have to dial long distance to get the downloads.

Thanks everyone for your posts.

Merry Christmas,
Joe

[TimTrace]

Greetings:

Regarding ethernetted TiVos and basic firewall security:

Does anyone know what IPs, ports and whether UDP or TCP connections are required?

Is there a way to assign a static IP to the TiVo, from the TiVo?

Has anyone had any luck with reserving an IP on the DHCP server by MAC address, and thereby forcing their TiVo to stick to a static IP?

With a USB ethernet adapter, is the MAC static, or will it change with every restart?

Best regards,

Tim ==

[Joe Schmuck]

Originally posted by TimTrace
Greetings:

Regarding ethernetted TiVos and basic firewall security:

Does anyone know what IPs, ports and whether UDP or TCP connections are required?

Is there a way to assign a static IP to the TiVo, from the TiVo?

Has anyone had any luck with reserving an IP on the DHCP server by MAC address, and thereby forcing their TiVo to stick to a static IP?

With a USB ethernet adapter, is the MAC static, or will it change with every restart?

Best regards,

Tim ==

Hey Tim,

Well I'm gonna drop my two cents for you but sorry I can't answer all the questions your asking.

I'm running a D-Link DI-614+ Wireless Router hooked to a DSL Modem connected using PPPoE. The router makes all the changes and on my ethernet connections it's plain ole TCP/IP access to the internet. I use the standard basic configurations and have only changed the password to Admin.

I'm using the Belkin FD5050 (if I remember the model correctly) USB to Ethernet adapter.

My TiVo is plugged into an UPS. This will prevent the brownouts from killing my TiVo.

My TiVo IP address has changed a few times from 192.168.0.102 to 192.168.0.101 and I'm certain it's beccause I have cycled power to my router and modem and of course the TiVo. All works great every time. The port, I'm not certain but I think it's using port 80.

About the IP address. It seams that my belkin adapter could care less which IP address it uses. Like mentioned above, I have cycled power on the router and TiVo, at different times and not always both units. The IP addresses seem to be assigned by the router on a first come first serve basis.

My router have a NAT firewall. Again, I am using the defaults and haven't changed anything to the firewall to either allow or reject specific internet addresses.

Assigning a Static address to your USB/Ethernet adapter can be done if, and only if your router can assign an IP address to a MAC address. As you know every ethernet connection has a unique MAC address so that should work. My router doesn't have that option otherwise I would have tried that but like I said, my configuration works no matter what. I can kill and device and plug it back in, everything will work fine.

I hope this works for you but here is a simple solution, assign your computers and other devices to IP addresses of 192.168.0.105 or higher and that leaves open 192.168.0.100 for the first device not assigned.

Joe

[TimTrace]

Joe, thanks for sharing your configuration and experience.

I'm hoping to construct a static route through my firewall for TiVo communications. I'll want to make explicit allowances for ports, protocols, IP addresses and/or URLs. Perhaps someone else here has already beaten that horse for me...

Thanks again,

Tim ==

[Joe Schmuck]

Tim,
Are you having problems with the firewall?

[TimTrace]

Not yet. Just wanted to get my ducks in a row before proceeding. :)

Problem is, I just found this thread...

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=910836&highlight=usb+ethernet#post910836

...and I'm not happy.

Apparently, USB Ethernet support is disallowed on HDVR2 running 3.1 :-<

Best regards,

Tim ==

[HTH]

I've got 2 standalone TiVos both hooked up with Turbonets and configured identically. But one of them still is using the modem even though I've set it up with the ",#401" string. Removing the string and reinstating it hasn't resolved the problem. I thought that if there was a networking problem that the call would just fail when using the Ethernet connection, not revert back to the modem.

It has worked before, and I've been able to telnet into both the TiVos to rip closed captions (running diffs between recordings on both to catch dropped captions). Now I can't get in via telnet to either one.

[SeattleGuy]

All,

I've read all the messages in this thread and carefully followed the FAQ for hooking up my Tivo (newly upgraded to 3.1) to a Windows XP box using the included Tivo serial cable. After much fiddling (Thanks Otto for your great FAQ), I finally got to the point where my Sony DirecTV SAT-T60 was connecting to my freshly installed Windows XP Professional box (as evidenced by the user connection icon popping up on XP).

I'm now completely stuck. Every time I do a test call, Tivo gets to Negotiating, and after a few minutes, fails with:

Failed while negotiating.

My Windows XP box has Internet connectivy through an AT&T Broadband cable modem. It's connected to a hub, where the cable modem is plugged into, along with several other home computers. All the other computers pull an externally routable IP address directly from AT&T's DHCP server. However, the TV doesn't seem to be able to obtain an IP. When I run ipconfig on the XP box, the RAS server shows a 169.xxx internal Windows IP.

Am I missing something? Will this configuration not work correctly with a cable modem? I don't have a router of any kind and am suspicious that I need one, but thought I'd post here first for any help.

Thanks in advanced to you all,

Steve

[TheWolfen]

I've got a DirecTivo running 2.5 and it has a Turbonet card installed, which has been working for about 6 months. About 2 weeks ago (with no config changes), the daily calls (and any test calls) started failing with a Service Unavailable message. The system still talks to the outside world (ping), including the address it is trying to connect to. The logs indicate an Invalid Request, and it looks like it is missing the content length for the post command, but I could be wrong.

My questions are: First, somewhat unrelated to this thread, anybody have any idea what's wrong? Second, as I understand it, the newest release for this unit is 3.1. Is it still being rolled out? Anyway to force an update if that is the case? I'm just thinking that since Turbonet is supported directly in 3.x, that may help.

Thanks in advance.

-David

[selmo]

Well, my Phillips SA's modem was finally fried thanks to a pacbell linesman working on our neighbor's lines (phone line surge protector also died, but took tivo modem with it ). I decided to get a TurboNet from 9thTee to replace it, and the +16MB memory upgrade as a bonus.

I installed the surface mount memory chips OK, that works. But I can't get the TurboNet card to do much. It's installed snugly, and the link light is green (sometimes flashing slowly). I've set the dialing prefix to ,#401, but I get "Failed Can't Connect". OK, checking further, my DHCP server has NOT assigned an address to Tivo. I've rebooted endless times, swapped cables, and tried different network diagnostics to see if I can isolate just Tivo and DHCP server (linksys router) to see if I can at least ping Tivo. Nothing goes.

I check the Tivo logs and see this in the kernel log (every time it boots) :

KERNEL: ax88796 : updated tlb entry 2 to 1M
KERNEL: ax88796 : NIC not found at 0xf4000000
KERNEL: ax88796 : driver installation failed
KERNEL: ax88796 : /lib/modules/ax88796.o init_module: device or resources busy

(which is, btw, the same as I see when the TurboNet is removed). I assume that should say something more happy if the card's drivers are installed and working?

My Fluke NetTool doesn't show any packets coming from the TurboNet, either during boot or during a call attempt (although the TurboNet's link indicator does flash from time to time, but I'm not sure if that's just some sort of broadcast / status or an actual attempt by Tivo to communicate that isn't making it out...they seem kinda random) The fluke also doesn't show any IP address on the Tivo side of the connection or any protocol requests (DHCP request, UPD, etc). But the fluke does confirm the physical / electrical link is OK.

The Tivo log also shows the dialing attempt using the "old modem" All this implies to me that Tivo does not recognize the TurboNet for whatever reason...wrong / outdated drivers, or a faulty TurboNet card.

I'm running 3.0-01-1-000 software, and I haven't run any scripts, installers, telnet, bash, or anything else. (just a second B drive added a couple years back--pre 1.3 days).

I was able to get it to phone home using Otto's XP, serial cable PPP instructions (on the same network, so I know the firewall and overall the network setup not the problem).

Should I run the script / boot CD from silicondust and see if nic_install program's debug options can tell me anything more, or maybe update the drivers? I didn't want to introduce any new variables or possible problems unnecessarily--my understanding is 3.0 should work using the ,#401 without any additional driver updates...correct? I would like to get telnet access at some point, but right now I'm just trying to get the basic NIC to work...

Or should I go straight to 9thtee and get an exchange?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks
Lars

[MikeSTL]

i think i got it working. the phone passed. now just to wait and see. im using the linksys usb100m on ms mn-100 router.

[Beans0063]

Weeks of missed Tivo and hours of work trying to get serial PPP to work are driving me mad!

I have a Netgear router which does DHCP and NAT. My XP box is getting an IP address of 192.168.0.2. Router is doing DHCP for 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.10.

If I was to assign a static IP pool for the TCP/IP properties of the incoming connection, would that be on 192.168.0.11 - 192.168.0.12? My router only allows one IP for the DMZ, would that be my XP box's IP or one from the pool?

I am also concerned that the subnet for my XP ethernet adapter is 255.255.255.0 but the subnet for the XP PPP adapter RAS Server is 255.255.255.255 - will this prevent Arp from working?

Thanks for any help.

[ZachieKC]

Ok, here's my problem. I have been foaming at the mouth for a TiVo since a friend did a demo on his a few months ago. Well, since I do not have a phone line, when another friend mentioned the TurboNet connection and what not, I started moving my TiVo wheels in motion. (yeah, there really is a question coming up). I bought a Tivo box (Phillips HSR 212, 20 hrs) with a bad modem on eBay. I also bouth the TurboNet card, a Linksys router (BEFSR41) and have set up everything per instructions from everyone on this board and elsewhere. My problem is that now that I'm hooked up and trying to dial in with my ,#401, it won't connect. I have a sneaking suspicion that my software may not be 3.0 (if not, I'm screwed, I know), but I can't get to the main screen because it keeps pushing me to go through the "guided setup". The person I purchased it from was absolutely no help and didn't include the user guide or anything. I've read these posts to no end and have gotten to my "whiney" stage. Can anyone help?!?! BTW, I'm like the least technical person in the world, so *VERY* layman instructions are appreciated! Thanks!

[Mojo_Voyeur]

Otto, I don't know how to thank you.

I moved to a new apartment last Thanksgiving, and my roommate and I don't want a land line, we have our cell phones.

My poor TiVo has been sitting there without guide data for 2 months.

We have high speed Internet, and with a little tweaking of Otto's suggestions I finally got PPP to work, and I'm here to report what I did in case someone in the future has a similar scenario as mine and hits roadblocks in setting it up.

Most folks have that Linksys broadband router, but here we use the DLink 614+ wireless access router connected to our DSL.

I put my wireless laptop near the TiVo and connected the TiVo serial cable and necessities (after running out to Radio Shack and spending only $14) for things like "null modem" (funny word) and "gender bender" (even funnier).

After about 2 hours of changing settings and panicking because I was about to run out of battery power on the laptop (the power plug is at work) the darn TiVo finally finished successfully connecting and downloading all new guide data. It took 2 times but it did it.

It was necessary for me to assign an IP address range just above my DLink DHCP range, and also had to turn on VPN (PPTP) enabling. If you have a DLink 614+, do that along with what Otto and everyone else recommended and your set.

I can't believe I got TiVo guide data without a land line. What a great Saturday project.

Later
Mojo

[bullshmit]

SeattleGuy/Beans,

Try to change your connection setting to the specified IP range that agrees w/ the specified IP range of your router, rather than using the DHCP setting. This did the trick for me and a few others on this forum.

Hope that helps!

[golfgod]

I'm having problems with my Netgear 802.11 b router. Changed the dialing prefix as recommended, did the whole restart thing, but can't any further than prepare. Netgear device has 4 ethernet ports on the back, and I'm using a usb ethernet device directly from the Tivo to the Netgear with a 7 ft connector cord. Any help?

[captaintemerity]

Are you using a USB to Wi-Fi (802.11b) adapter directly on the Tivo? That doesn't work (yet), since it needs to be programmed and the Tivo doesn't have that capabilty (again, so far).

Go to your local Best Buy and get a Linksis Wireless Bridge (they have them on their web site, but have just started carrying them in their stores). It doesn't have to be programed at all, and it'll work as normal. Still, you have to combine it with a USB to Ethernet adapter as well.

If you're not using the USB Wireless adapter, and instead are using a USB-to-Ethernet plugged directly (by ethernet) into your router, the big thing I found was shutting the Tivo off and back on to have it find the adapter. Otherwise, it should work fine.

Hope this helps, but post if you have more questions.

[mystery]

Make sure you are using a "supported" usb ethernet adapter. I am also using a Netgear wireless router (MR314) and found through experience (and confirmed by reading posts by others in this forum) that the ones by Netgear, Microsoft, and Siemens (despite this last one being on the "supported" list) do not work.

Originally posted by golfgod
I'm having problems with my Netgear 802.11 b router. Changed the dialing prefix as recommended, did the whole restart thing, but can't any further than prepare. Netgear device has 4 ethernet ports on the back, and I'm using a usb ethernet device directly from the Tivo to the Netgear with a 7 ft connector cord. Any help?

[juliel]

OK. I've got a tivo 60 hour, software version 3.2, a D-Link 614+ router with an ibook on wireless, and a linksys usb ethernet adapter in back of the tivo.

When i restart the tivo, no lights on the adapter. If i unplug and replug, lights come on - but does that break the chain of recognition? shouldn't the lights be coming on when i restart the tivo?

dialing is failing. DHCP server router thingy doesn't seem to see anything but my laptop on the network. did the ,#401, no passwords on my network, not sure what else? can anyone help me? must - have - tivo. it has already taken over my life but i will NOT cough up money monthly to bell south in order to watch it.

i know jack about computers, networking, etc so please bear with me and talk in small words :)

[nelsof]

Well, I could use some help getting my Tivo hooked up to use my cable modem. (My phone lines are horrible because they've been spliced for multiple lines, so I can't get Tivo to complete a program download via the phone.) I have a cable modem hooked up to a Netgear wireless router w/ firewall & print server (model FM114P). It works great - I'm connected to it right now. Yesterday, I bought a Netgear wireless USB adapter (model MA101) & plugged it into the back of the tivo. (Does it make a difference which USB port I use?) I set the prefix to ,#401, but Tivo seems to still want to use the phone & when I unplug the phone line it doesn't want to connect.

Seems like there are several experts on the subject in this forum & I really don't know who else to ask about this. I'm not that technical & I've never even used one of these forums before. Do I have all of the right parts? Is there something I need to do to configure the USB adapter? Do I need to have my computer on and connected to the network for this to work? Any suggestions? I really appreciate your help.

[c3]

At this time, you cannot use a wireless adaptor directly. You need a "supported" USB to ethernet adaptor, and either use a wired connection or a wireless bridge.

[nelsof]

OK, I'm going to return the Netgear adapter and pick up one of the Linksys ones. Once I have the USB Ethernet Adapter in place, then I connect this to my router, right? It's close to the Tivo, so I think I'll just use an ethernet cable and plug it into the back of the Netgear router. I'm assuming that the router is OK. It is described as doing static IP address assignment and has an internal DHCP server. (I don't know what that means, but I've seen it mentioned in previous threads.) Does it sound like I'm missing anything?

Thanks again for the help.

[nelsof]

Whoopeee, it's working!!! Thanks.

[pastrami]

I apologize for ressurecting this thread again, but this having been driving me mad!

So I've followed Otto's faq to the T and I still get an error on Tivo during a test call. My serial to tivo connection is working because I do see it when I've connected it through hyperterminal.

The only difference is that I have a linksys switch versus a router. will that cause any issues with DHCP? Or any ideas how I can setup it through a switch?

any help is greatly appreciated!

[ccflyer]

I'm stumped -
Today I got a Linksys USB 2.0 10/100 Network Adapter (Model USB200M) from Amazon. I plugged the USB cable coming from the TIVO into the USB end of the adapter. I connected the adapter to an open port on the 4 port hub. (Netgear ethernet hub #EN104) The hub connects to a Linksys Router (BEFSR11) which connects to the cable modem.
I shut down and rebooted EVERYTHING - TIVO, the hub, the router, the cable modem and the pc. I have green lights on where they should be - the adapter, the hub port, the router and the modem. I've changed the dialing prefix to " , # 401 "
TIVO goes through its routine, placing the call, and the reports call failed???
What am I missing????

[ashu]

Originally posted by ccflyer
I'm stumped -
<snip>
I've changed the dialing prefix to " , # 401 "
TIVO goes through its routine, placing the call, and the reports call failed???
What am I missing????

Remove all those spaces!

[AllenPitt]

I have a Series 2 tivo (80 hr) and have set it up with an ethernet cable/adapter & hooked it up to my router ---I've already done the set up & download (yesteday)..

Now I've set up the dialling prefix -- ,#401

Doesn't work--- "failed to get a connection" --Do I need to change the "phone number"? (currently has the phone # I use to download over phone line )...

I've changed 'detect dial tone' to "off" --any other settings I should change?

[AllenPitt]

Oops--never mind, I got it to work--I should read the other msgs before posting--I rebooted the tivo, THEN it worked fine --it's downloading over the cable modem/ethernet adaptoer now..

WOW! Many thanks to all who posted here!

[pastrami]

I get a connection from the tivo to my computer, I can see that an unregistered guest on the incoming connections. But for some reason it doesn't finish negotiating or disconnects.

Here's the log file.
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: }!} }4}"}&} } }
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: }%}&<ff><ff>
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: <90>
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Recv: }*}'}"}
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Recv: (
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Recv: }"}9f~
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: !} }4}"
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Answering the call.
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Connection established at 115200bps.
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Error-control off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Data compression off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:21:25.254 - Read: Total: 612, Per/Sec: 18, Written: Total: 5653, Per/Sec: 188
02-08-2003 22:23:25.257 - Read: Total: 710, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 6627, Per/Sec: 8
02-08-2003 22:24:02.991 - Hanging up the modem.
02-08-2003 22:24:02.991 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Recv: <00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00>
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Initializing modem.
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Waiting for a call.
02-08-2003 22:24:34.727 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
02-08-2003 22:24:34.727 - Initializing modem.
02-08-2003 22:24:34.727 - Waiting for a call.
02-08-2003 22:25:42.214 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:25:42.214 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Recv: }!} }4}"}&} } } } }%}&<ff><ff>D}%}'}"}(}"<8a>Y~
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: !} }4}"
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: &} } }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }%}&<ff><ff>
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Answering the call.
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: D
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }%}'}"}
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: (
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }"<8a>Y~
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Connection established at 115200bps.
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Error-control off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Data compression off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:26:15.241 - Read: Total: 608, Per/Sec: 17, Written: Total: 373, Per/Sec: 12
02-08-2003 22:28:15.244 - Read: Total: 706, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 622, Per/Sec: 2
02-08-2003 22:28:52.928 - Hanging up the modem.
02-08-2003 22:28:52.928 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
02-08-2003 22:28:54.931 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.

And I got a couple of questions re: the setup, there are diff. things listed in the thread.

1. Should "allow others to make a private connection ... " be checked?

2. Under the "networking" tab, I hit properties on the TCP/IP, do you have the first item checked? "allow callers to access my local lan"

3. Can you tell me what the exact ip you've set?

4. Did you have to do anything on your router? Like forwarding ports for a specific IP?


thanks

[bloozeman]

All,

After reading this thread and picking up one of the Belkin USB F5D5050 10/100 adapters at CompUSA tonight (I'll have to take back the D-Link DUB-E100 I bought at best buy the other day cuz it's USB 2.0 and will not work at all) I finally have the broadband support working! I was stumped for about 5 minutes after following the steps with the Belkin but then I remembered that I have MAC filtering on my router (it's a WiFi gateway as well so I use MAC filtering along with WEP) so my new Tivo 80hr Series2 was getting rejected by it. 20 seconds later and a router reboot all is working like a charm.

Thanks to everyone on this thread and this community in general because if it wasn't for it I would have never known that the unit currently supports broadband and the "magic" prefix code to get it working. :D

[ashu]

FWIW - the D-Link USB 2.0 ethernet adapter (from Best Buy - perhaps the omdel number you mentio above?)worked for me. I bought it when I thought something was wrong with my settings with my Belkin, which worked before, stopped woprking for a while and now works again (which is why the D-Link went back)

[pastrami]

Any help on this ?

I get a connection from the tivo to my computer, I can see that an unregistered guest on the incoming connections. But for some reason it doesn't finish negotiating or disconnects.

Here's the log file.
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: }!} }4}"}&} } }
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: }%}&<ff><ff>
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Recv: <90>
02-08-2003 22:20:52.237 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Recv: }*}'}"}
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Recv: (
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Recv: }"}9f~
02-08-2003 22:20:52.247 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Recv: !} }4}"
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:20:55.241 - Answering the call.
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Connection established at 115200bps.
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Error-control off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:20:55.251 - Data compression off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:21:25.254 - Read: Total: 612, Per/Sec: 18, Written: Total: 5653, Per/Sec: 188
02-08-2003 22:23:25.257 - Read: Total: 710, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 6627, Per/Sec: 8
02-08-2003 22:24:02.991 - Hanging up the modem.
02-08-2003 22:24:02.991 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Recv: <00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00>
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Initializing modem.
02-08-2003 22:24:04.994 - Waiting for a call.
02-08-2003 22:24:34.727 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
02-08-2003 22:24:34.727 - Initializing modem.
02-08-2003 22:24:34.727 - Waiting for a call.
02-08-2003 22:25:42.214 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:25:42.214 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Recv: }!} }4}"}&} } } } }%}&<ff><ff>D}%}'}"}(}"<8a>Y~
02-08-2003 22:25:42.234 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: ~
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Interpreted response: Ring
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: !} }4}"
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: &} } }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }%}&<ff><ff>
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Answering the call.
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: D
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }%}'}"}
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: (
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Recv: }"<8a>Y~
02-08-2003 22:25:45.228 - Unknown Response
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Connection established at 115200bps.
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Error-control off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:25:45.238 - Data compression off or unknown.
02-08-2003 22:26:15.241 - Read: Total: 608, Per/Sec: 17, Written: Total: 373, Per/Sec: 12
02-08-2003 22:28:15.244 - Read: Total: 706, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 622, Per/Sec: 2
02-08-2003 22:28:52.928 - Hanging up the modem.
02-08-2003 22:28:52.928 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
02-08-2003 22:28:54.931 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.

And I got a couple of questions re: the setup, there are diff. things listed in the thread.

1. Should "allow others to make a private connection ... " be checked?

2. Under the "networking" tab, I hit properties on the TCP/IP, do you have the first item checked? "allow callers to access my local lan"

3. Can you tell me what the exact ip you've set?

4. Did you have to do anything on your router? Like forwarding ports for a specific IP?


thanks

[pastrami]

bump!

[rje]

I've seen post saying this will work and ones saying it won't so does the Linksys USB200M USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter work?

He got it to work... How?
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?postid=995913#post995913

Thanks,

Rob

[rje]

Nevermind.... blended two posts together...

[Elvite]

Originally posted by ccflyer
I'm stumped -
Today I got a Linksys USB 2.0 10/100 Network Adapter (Model USB200M) from Amazon. <SNIP>call failed??? What am I missing????

The USB200M currently will not work with TiVo and likely will not for a long long time as TiVo currently has no plans to support USB 2.0 adapters any time soon. There are many posts already stating that the USB200M specifically doesn't work. Here's one, http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1018087&highlight=usb200m

I tried the USB200M too, with no luck. However, the USB100M works great.

[dredding]

I think I get all this, I'm planning to get a Lynksys router (that can handle wireless too) then get a cable with USB on one end and RJ45 on the other to connect TiVo to the router (which has DHCP). Do I need to confirm that the USB drivers will handle the particular model router I plan to get?

I plug in the cable to the router and change the dial out setting and it works, right?

[usafa92]

Um, can someone point me to a working link to Otto's FAQ on getting my serial cable to work. I'm running WinXP Pro and have a Series 2

[lsinger12]

The page is no longer available. I have Series 2 and just running XP Home edition. Please help

[jrgutknecht]

Dredding,

You don't quite have the details right.

You need to get a USB Ethernet adaptor (there is a huge list, but I recommend the Linksys USB100TX) The USB cable goes from the TIVO to the USB adaptor. Then a standard network cable (with RJ45 on both ends) goes from the USB adaptor to your network router/hub/switch.

You only need to make sure TIVO supports the USB adaptor. It doesn't care what kind of router you have. As long as the router does DHCP, which all of the ones available now do.

Summary:

TIVO --> USB cable --> USB Adaptor --> Cat5 network cable --> Router --> Internet.

After you have it wired up change your dialing to ,#401 and you should be ready to go. You'll have to reboot TIVO for it to see the connection. It might require two reboots.

[garfieldboy]

Can anyone point me to a copy of Otto's FAQ on getting Windows to allow TiVo to connect via the serial port to the PC and through a broadband connection please?

The original is no longer available!!

I have recently re-installed everything on my PC but can't get TiVo to connect :(

Any help appreciated.

Kind regards,
Steve

[trhorton]

I have a SMC (vs LinkSys) usb/ethernet connector. Problem??

My home network is Win/XP home - 5 "clients" and Win/XP Pro for the "server".

The"clients" and the "server" all connect to a LinkSys 12 port switch. The "server" has 2 nic's and the second connects to the DSL router (SpeedStream 5660).

I've hooked up a pc to the port (thru the server and out to the web) where the TIVO box would attached -- to the web with no problems.

DHCP and DNS are enabled on the DSL modem. (DHCP settings apprear to be defaults.)

TIVO software is V3.2-01....

Any thoughts ... (I hope).

Thanks,
Tom Horton

[garfieldboy]

Found it at last!!!

For everyone who is looking for Otto's "how to"... here it is

http://www.lan.com/otto/tivo3xp/

Kind regards,
Steve

[lsinger12]

First let me thank all those that assisted me. I first tried the Poweline Adapters and couldn't make them work ( wouldn't read each other). Took them back and ran CAT5 cable connected to Linksys router and USB100M. Re-booted Tivo one time and it works like a charm. Took only seconds to make contact and update data.

Again Thanks to all.

lsinger12

[networker]

I had a problem with the ethernet interface not getting through until I noticed my wife had shut the Cable Modem down during the night. The IP address was gone. Once I rebooted the TIVO the box found the DNS and everything worked fine

[trhorton]

To those who have been following my problem. A key step is to UNPLUG the TIVO after the ethernet cabling is complete.

Appreciate the clues...

Tom Horton

[mhammond1]

I have the AT&T Series 2 Tivo, Version 3+ of the software, and purchased the Linksys Wireless USB, version 2.6, as recommended by the website. The link light on the USB is on, but I am not seeing an IP Address in the DHCP clients table on the Linksys wireless router. Does the SSID on the router need to be something so the Tivo can find it? I saw someone say something about the top or bottom USB slot (don't know why that would make a diff). I've rebooted the Tivo many times. I've powered it off. I even had the power company come out and verify the 110 line powering the Tivo was still at 60hz. Ok, that last one is a lie. Some also said that the wireless USB isn't supported until Tivo version 4. Any ideas on that one?

Any help would be appreciated.

[dcstager]

This may be a dumb question... Just got a Turbonet ethernet card for my Tivo... Okay, you put ,#401 as a prefix -- do you have to delete or keep the telephone number setting or should the entire dialing prefix consist of just the ,#401?

[brbubba]

Originally posted by mhammond1
I have the AT&T Series 2 Tivo, Version 3+ of the software, and purchased the Linksys Wireless USB, version 2.6, as recommended by the website. The link light on the USB is on, but I am not seeing an IP Address in the DHCP clients table on the Linksys wireless router. Does the SSID on the router need to be something so the Tivo can find it? I saw someone say something about the top or bottom USB slot (don't know why that would make a diff). I've rebooted the Tivo many times. I've powered it off. I even had the power company come out and verify the 110 line powering the Tivo was still at 60hz. Ok, that last one is a lie. Some also said that the wireless USB isn't supported until Tivo version 4. Any ideas on that one?

Any help would be appreciated.

I think you jumped the gun on this one. As far as I know wireless isn't yet supported, unless you use the wireless bridge. If you think about it, it makes sense that you can't use wireless until they have software support. You would need to be able to enter in your Tivo the SSID of the router, possibly the channel, and definitely the encryption info.

[mhammond1]

I would agree wih the SSID, Encryption, channel and all that good stuff. But, if that's the case, why are they saying that the Linksys Wireless USB is their recommended peice of hardware for wireless usb?

http://store.tivo.com/Detail.bok/bc7c07452c491db0cf1048859421453?&category=Accessories&start=1&total=17&no=91

I get more and more confused.

-Michael

[mdscott]

There are a number of entries in this thread pointing out the incompatibility of the wireless usb adapters with 3.x software. The availability (and recommendation) in the store seems to point to use with 4.0. It may be a matter of waiting. You might want to look at the network setup material on this and the linked pages. (http://www.tivo.com/4.9.9.asp)

mds

[Polarorbit]

My cable modem has a USB port on it in addition to an RJ45. Can I just hook my Tivo up through the USB port on the modem using a USB cable? I've had two PCs hooked up to the modem at one time with no problems.

[morac]

Originally posted by Polarorbit
My cable modem has a USB port on it in addition to an RJ45. Can I just hook my Tivo up through the USB port on the modem using a USB cable? I've had two PCs hooked up to the modem at one time with no problems. I highly doubt TiVo installed drivers for USB cable modems. I'm not sure if they even make linux drivers for the USB port on cable modems.


I'm curious as to how often the TiVo attempts to grab an IP address via DHCP. It seems to do it once and then just use that address until the TiVo reboots since if I restart my router (which clears the DHCP table) TiVo will continue to use its old IP address. Maybe it will request a new one when its do to expire, but I can't test that.

Hopefully 4.0 will allow a more hands-on approach to setting up IP addresses and such.

Even my PS2 allows me to assign static addresses.

[Polarorbit]

Thanks for the info. I tried it anyway and was unsuccessful.

So, why didn't they install RJ45 ports instead of USB? Most likely no cost difference. I'm a big TiVo fan, but that was pretty stupid and forces us customers into a kludge.

[MJedi]

I currently use the 3Com USB adapter from TigerDirect. I'm wondering if the 4.0 Tivo software will still have the drivers for this adapter. Thanks.

[Polarorbit]

My 3COM USB adapter works just fine with 4.0

[schwachs]

[edit - moved to other post... this thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111787) ]

[n1976jmk]

few questions

1- which unit can i purchase that i will not have to use a phone to download everything(would like an 80 hour unit)the svr 3000 or series 2???

2- MY SPECS i currently have a cable modem along with a linksys befsr81(i think) it is a 8 port router switch, also a 10 mps netgear 4 port switch in the room where i would like to hook up to the tivo

3- i think i will need to buy a usb to ethernet(rj45 end) adapter. which model ones can i buy to be compatible?? so i can plug into my switch

4- if i buy one now it will come with the high enough version software(3.0 i think i read??) so i can start setup right away with ethernet(no PHONE LINE)

5- is tivo officially allowing this now(etherenet downloads)???

6- is ver 4.0 software out now and is that offically supporting etherenet downloading???

[Polarorbit]

Any Series 2 can be switched to use the Internet right away by inputing the right dialing prefix. I did this with my new Series 2 and it did the 4.0 download using the Internet/Ethernet. Once you are to Verion 4.0 there is an option in the menu for Internet, so you do not have to use the prefix dialing kludge any more.

Verion 4.0 is out and Ethernet/Internet is supported and encouraged by Tivo officially.

Your routers are fine, all you should have to do is plug it in. You will need the USB to Ethernet dongle. Tivo web site has recommended dongles. Prefix kludge is listed several places, but I forget what it is exactly.

[azitnay]

Originally posted by Polarorbit
Prefix kludge is listed several places, but I forget what it is exactly.

,#401

Drew

[antalo]

I am having the same problem most folks have, but sofar no solution.
I have a Linksys wireless setup with 3 PCs and sofar 2 old TIVOs. My new S2 wont work with the adapter. I got an e-mail newsletter from TIVO, in which they say the Linksys WUsb11 v2.6 works. I read everything, but they don't say how to make it work, or how to set it up. I have this TIVO now for several months and it did not update the software to 4.0, It has 3.2. I have the ,#401 in the prefix, but it fails to make a connection. The Power light is on on the adapter, but the signal light is not blinking. The adater works fine with a PC.
Any help is appreciated. I unlugged the TIVO with the adapter plugged in, but no good. I tried both USB connections.
Antalo

PS. The dialup modem works fine. It calls in gets updates, but no software update.

[azitnay]

Wireless won't work on 3.2. You'll need to get the 4.0 update before configuring it.

Drew

[antalo]

How do I get the 4.0 update ? I have this succer for at least 4 months, and it makes it's daily call using the phone line.
Antalo

[azitnay]

The fastest way is to buy HMO :). Otherwise, you'll have to wait your turn.

Drew

[antalo]

What is HMO ? I do have a lifetime subscibtion for this TIVO.
Antalo

[azitnay]

It's the new Home Media Option. I won't go into details here, do a search or go to tivo.com to find out more.

And yes, it is something you have to buy in addition to lifetime.

Drew

[fastsnoopy]

Hi All,

I recently bought a Tivo (80 hours version). It is running V3.2.0-01-2-240.

I bought a Linksys USB wireless adapter from the Tivo Store. It worked fine on my wireless network when connected to my laptop. When I connect it to Tivo the adapter link light never lights or even flickers.

I've tried the procedures, but still can't get it to work.

The fisr time I connected it, my Tivo was up and running, then I did a software reset. Could it be that because Tivo wasn't powered off it left the driver database in a funny state (like Windows does)?

Did Tivo remove the Ethernet drivers in this version?

Tivo support told me that I need to buy the Home Networking service.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[mdscott]

Originally posted by fastsnoopy
Hi All,

I recently bought a Tivo (80 hours version). It is running V3.2.0-01-2-240.

I bought a Linksys USB wireless adapter from the Tivo Store. It worked fine on my wireless network when connected to my laptop. When I connect it to Tivo the adapter link light never lights or even flickers.


Until you get updated to v 4.0 of the TiVo software your wireless USB connector will not work. 3.2 has (un)support for wired Broadband but nothing for wireless. You DO NOT need to sign up for HMO in order to get 4.0 or use wireless Broadband -- it just should accelerate delivery of 4.0 to your DVR. But 4.0 will come in due course even without HMO.

mds

[BOARshevik]

Has anybody managed to get the PPP over serial to work with a DirecTiVo series 1? Are there any different instructions for it?

I set it up just like the instructions say I should, but the computer never seems to open a connection.

The modem log lists a bunch of "unrecognized commands"

I tried testing it by opening Hyperterminal and seeing the output, which was all a bunch of gibberish as I understand it should be. Is there anything I should look for to be sure it's right or wrong? I've even slowed it all down to 9600 to see if that would work.

This TiVo is unmodified except for hard drive upgrade.

[MikeTancredi]

/gleffler - read your detailed post - thanks - I hate to ask a dumb question but I'm not familiar with all the terminology - I fried my modem by failing to put a filter on a newly installed DSL line. Does your protocol allow me to use my PC with Windows XP and DSL to make the daily call? Do I need a different modem that allows me to call at lower speed? (I had read that on a different string that has since been lost). Appreciate any clarification you can provide in layman's terms. Apologies if this has already been answered or explained somewhere - I couldn't find exact situation described.

Thanks,
Mike

P.S. I'm running 3.0 on an SVR-2000.

[jpnewbold]

I'm stressing out here, 3.0.1 I think I'm running, Win XP.

Trying to do a straight serial connection. Am I missing something huge? Tivo->null modem->serial port. It accomplishes the test call but hangs on connecting the daily call. When I'm looking at the incoming user icon in the tray, it looks like it's not receiving. I installed WinRoute but, not sure if it's helping.

I'm just not sure where to go from now. WinRoute has increased the amount of received/sent data but I'm just lost. I also shut down my phone line because the test call worked, and now only have 4 days of program guide left. Thanks for the help!

[eXcelon]

Hi, After loosing my internal modem twice. I was glad to see there was hope by using the supplied serial cable and my cable modem equipped laptop running XP to get the daily updates. After following the instructions you've given, I can't get it to work at all. I have a Sony SVR-2000 with version 3.0-01-1-010. I don't have a Linux box. I'm using XP. I can't seem to get the Tivo to connect to my laptop. I've tested my serial port with another external modem and I've also tested the Tivo by hooking up the same external modem directly to the Tivo serial cable. I just can't get them to talk together. After reading through many threads I've been seeing references to adding a ~ to the mdmhayes.ini file. I can't find any more info on this. It sounds like this might solve my problem. I've seen a link to Otto's page, but it's dead. Other than that I've tried everything else. Manually assigning and IP instead of DHCP, adjusting the baud rates of the port, rebooting, checking my firewall, etc... Nothing.

Thanks

[eXcelon]

Originally posted by DOT NOT
Can any one give me some advice.

I hooked a null modem cable 55 feet from tivo and connected it to com1.
I saw telnet traffic with the USER REQUEST message on my computer.
I configuerd the mdmhayes.inf file with the additional two lines.
I created a network connection for remote usage.
I saw NONAUTHENICATED user connect and send/ receive 400/500 bytes
Then tivo says services failed to connect (during test connection).

I assume this hack does not require access to the internal TIVO Box
Any advice ?

:confused:

What two lines need to be added to the mdmhayes.inf file? I can't find it anywhere.

Thanks

[BrandonSi]

Step 1: Setting up the Null Modem driver on Windows XP
First, find the file: c:\windows\inf\mdmhayes.inf and open it with notepad.

Search for this section:


[M2700Reg] ; Null-Modem
HKR, Init, 1,, "None"
HKR, Init, 2,, "NoResponse"
HKR, Monitor, 1,, "None"
HKR, Answer, 1,, "CLIENTSERVER"
HKR, Answer, 2,, "NoResponse"
HKR, Settings, DialPrefix,, "CLIENT"
HKR,, Properties, 1, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 30,00,00,00, 00,c2,01,00, 00,c2,01,00
HKR, Responses, "CLIENT", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "<h00>CLIENT", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "CLIENTSERVER", 1, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Client side - the server has acknowledged and the connection is completed

Modify it to this:

[M2700Reg] ; Null-Modem
HKR, Init, 1,, "None"
HKR, Init, 2,, "NoResponse"
HKR, Monitor, 1,, "None"
HKR, Answer, 1,, "CLIENTSERVER"
HKR, Answer, 2,, "NoResponse"
HKR, Settings, DialPrefix,, "CLIENT"
HKR,, Properties, 1, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00, 30,00,00,00, 00,c2,01,00, 00,c2,01,00
HKR, Responses, "CLIENT", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "<h00>CLIENT", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "~", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "<h00>~", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "CLIENTSERVER", 1, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Client side - the server has acknowledged and the connection is completed


If you don't see the difference, what has been done is to add these two lines:

HKR, Responses, "~", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection
HKR, Responses, "<h00>~", 1, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,00,00,00 ; Server side - the client is requesting a connection

After you save this inf file, delete the corresponding pnf file (c:\windows\inf\mdmhayes.pnf), and reboot XP.



Also, make sure your com port is set to 115,200 and not just your modem. It's under control panel/ports.

[mcChicago]

I have a problem similar to tlw1981. I have my TiVo connected to my Linksys router via a patch cable. DHCP is enabled. I was once able to connect and download the program guide. I did this once a week. At some point when I reconnected the cable from the router to the Tivo, it tried to connect, but gave me the error: "Failed. Service unavailable."

All appropriate lights on the router indicate the connection is good. Set up includes ",#401" for the dialing option. The TiVo "completes" preparing and dialing... and then gives the "Failed. Service unavailable" message.

Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this problem?

[eXcelon]

Thanks. All I needed was the lines to add to the .inf file. Once I did that everything worked fine.

Thanks again.

[rickr]

I just got my TurboNet today. Wired it all up -- tested with my laptop and cables were fine.
Then installed card, set Tivo to use ",#401" and waited anxiously -- got "Service Unavailable".

Did some checking...device is definately getting an IP address...I can ping it fine.

Went to my Firewall and allowed ALL traffic to the Tivo's IP address just in case. Still no love.

Guess I'll need to tear this thing open, install the telnet and web interfaces so I can debug better...

[horwitz]

Originally posted by rickr
I just got my TurboNet today. Wired it all up -- tested with my laptop and cables were fine.
Then installed card, set Tivo to use ",#401" and waited anxiously -- got "Service Unavailable".

Did some checking...device is definately getting an IP address...I can ping it fine.

Went to my Firewall and allowed ALL traffic to the Tivo's IP address just in case. Still no love.

Guess I'll need to tear this thing open, install the telnet and web interfaces so I can debug better...

I would also love to hear suggestions on fixing this problem. I'm having possibly related troubles (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134579).

[rickr]

I managed last night to download the various phone numbers using the Turbonet card (under phone settings, number to call). Worked first try.

So this is close to working...

I'd suggest others try the same and see results.

Again -- under phone settings, simply change the number you dial...it does a "Prepare/Dialing/Connecting/Downloading/Disconnecting" every time...over Ethernet! Of course, you won't dial the number...but it does download the data via the Ethernet interface which should confirm whether this thing is actually doing anything...

[sr00t]

I was getting a negotiation failed message on step 3, a reboot fixed this.

w00t! loving the tivo hacking.

[daufdi]

Does somebody know the current location of the Otto Serial -->XP3 Faq, or can you send me a copy dan0dan0@aol.com

Thanks

[farfromuman]

My TiVo will not connect via serial I get "Failed. Service unavailable." This has worked for months. It makes a call to the PC(XP PRO), gets an IP from the router sends ~18kb and receives ~4kb but then it hangs for a while and finally comes back with "Failed. Service unavailable." There are no errors on the incoming connection, I can post logs if someone would like to help.
Thanks

[impulse]

ok, so, i have a 212 with 149 hrs with a tivonet in it. it's running 3.0.1xxx something. i have ,#401 set. the test calls work fine. i have it going to my linksys "router" that does dhcp. it gets an ip. as i said, the test calls work fine. so, i'm redoing guided setup or whatever it's called, and i can do a test call fine, then have it login and dl what it needs the first time, then run indexing, etc. however, once i get to where i need to make the program data d/l, it connects, then takes a LONG ass time to fail out, and says "Downloading: Failed. Call interrupted." I've retried it like 10 times, going crazy here! anyway, i used to be on here back in the earlier tivo days, haven't been around in a bit lost my old account, anyway, i am not a newbie, have setup tivonet on older software, run telnetd, am a unix junkie, etc. basically not a complete newb is the point. going nuts!! any ideas? btw, the other 15 machines behind the linksys "router" get their ips fine, and i've tried with and without port forwarding 1-65535 set for the tivo's ip, so...? any ideas oh tivo gurus, oh please?

impulse

[horwitz]

Originally posted by impulse
ok, so, i have a 212 with 149 hrs with a tivonet in it. it's running 3.0.1xxx something. i have ,#401 set. the test calls work fine. i have it going to my linksys "router" that does dhcp. it gets an ip. as i said, the test calls work fine. so, i'm redoing guided setup or whatever it's called, and i can do a test call fine, then have it login and dl what it needs the first time, then run indexing, etc. however, once i get to where i need to make the program data d/l, it connects, then takes a LONG ass time to fail out, and says "Downloading: Failed. Call interrupted." I've retried it like 10 times, going crazy here! anyway, i used to be on here back in the earlier tivo days, haven't been around in a bit lost my old account, anyway, i am not a newbie, have setup tivonet on older software, run telnetd, am a unix junkie, etc. basically not a complete newb is the point. going nuts!! any ideas? btw, the other 15 machines behind the linksys "router" get their ips fine, and i've tried with and without port forwarding 1-65535 set for the tivo's ip, so...? any ideas oh tivo gurus, oh please?

impulse
I just started getting that yesterday (it was working until then). I'd love to know what the hell is goin' on.

[impulse]

Originally posted by horwitz
I just started getting that yesterday (it was working until then). I'd love to know what the hell is goin' on.

well, if you figure anything out, please let me know. i'm going f'ing nuts. i finally get the tivo re-registered and apparently i pull it out the day it decides re-do this old problem from 2002. wtf? uh!!

this sucks. i was SO ready to have my tivo back. have no landline, so... would have to go to my parents or something to dl program data otherwise, which i really don't want to do. please help! oh tivo gurus, please help!

impulse

[horwitz]

Originally posted by impulse
well, if you figure anything out, please let me know. i'm going f'ing nuts. i finally get the tivo re-registered and apparently i pull it out the day it decides re-do this old problem from 2002. wtf? uh!!

this sucks. i was SO ready to have my tivo back. have no landline, so... would have to go to my parents or something to dl program data otherwise, which i really don't want to do. please help! oh tivo gurus, please help!

impulse
No news, but I feel your pain: my modem doesn't work. I just went through hell and back (with lots of help from folks on this forum) to get Ethernet dialing working.

[littlelibo]

I know I am supposed to do this:

Step 1: Setting up the Null Modem driver on Windows XP
First, find the file: c:\windows\inf\mdmhayes.inf and open it with notepad.

But I cannot find this file on my laptop. I just upgraded from Win 98SE to XP last night so that I could use it for daily calls. When I go to the WINDOWS folder there is no "inf" folder, let alone the file itself. I did a search for the filename as well and came up empty.

What's wrong?

[littlelibo]

ok found it... my options were set to hide files and folders...

Now i'm set up...

[jexton80]

PPP not working seem that the null modem driver for xp isnt working or something here is the modem log
01-28-2004 01:34:59.497 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:34:59.497 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:34:59.497 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:34:59.497 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:34:59.497 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:34:59.497 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.471 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.481 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.491 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:02.501 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:06.517 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Recv: <00>
01-28-2004 01:35:07.519 - Interpreted response: Connect
01-28-2004 01:35:24.182 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
01-28-2004 01:35:24.182 - Initializing modem.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.182 - DSR is low while initializing the modem. Verify modem is turned on.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.182 - CTS is low while initializing modem.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.192 - Send: <cr><cr>
01-28-2004 01:35:24.192 - Waiting for a call.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.313 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
01-28-2004 01:35:24.313 - Initializing modem.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.313 - DSR is low while initializing the modem. Verify modem is turned on.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.313 - CTS is low while initializing modem.
01-28-2004 01:35:24.323 - Send: <cr><cr>
01-28-2004 01:35:24.323 - Waiting for a call.
01-28-2004 01:36:14.004 - Passthrough On
01-28-2004 01:36:24.019 - Passthrough Off
01-28-2004 01:36:24.019 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
01-28-2004 01:36:24.019 - Initializing modem.
01-28-2004 01:36:24.019 - DSR is low while initializing the modem. Verify modem is turned on.
01-28-2004 01:36:24.019 - CTS is low while initializing modem.
01-28-2004 01:36:24.029 - Send: <cr><cr>
01-28-2004 01:36:24.029 - Waiting for a call.

[BallTongue]

Hi i have a big problem. I just purchased a tivo and i am using PPP over serial. I have followed the directions carefully.{which i might add are very nice.}But i get stuck during the setup of the advanced connection. After i Select "Do not allow Virtual Private Connections" and hit the next button i get an error "An internal error has occurred: The local user database hadle is corrupt" and i can't see any users to enable them. So i decided not to bother with it. Then when i get to the setup call it dials but when i trys to connect i get "Failed. Service not answering". I also don't get a notification telling me that the tivo is connecting to the internet. I have ZoneAlarmPro
ver. 4.5.538.001. I don't know what to do i know its not the serial cable setup cause if it was it wouldn't call. Maybe, maybe not; i don't know. I would appreciate it if someone would help me.

Thanks

[MattB]

i just got a DirecTivo, Samsung. Ver. 3 i think.
I hooked up a Linksys USB to Ethernet adaptor a Cat5 cable runs from it to my router. I'm not shure what i am supposed to do now, i tried to dial the ,#401, i am going to try again with the spaces just to make shure. I can't opean my tivo box soley on the fact that my father won't let me:mad: . I got a day to get this thing working so i need some help asap.

[ksanders]

Got my TurboNet installed on my Hughes DirecTivo unit tonight... finally. I got everything installed acording to Steve Jenkins' instructions, but whenever I hooked up my drives and plugged in the power, the drives would not power up. I finally realized that although the TurboNet card appeared to be on the card slot all the way, it actually was being held off slight on the bottom. I got some pliers and straightened out one of the motherboard holdes next to the card slot so I could slightly raise the motherboard. Everything is working now.

One weird thing that I saw when I first tried my daily call was that it immediately failed and said "Busy calling DIRECTV". I waited a few minutes and the call went through. I was just curious about the busy message since it is now going over the internet.

[nckd]

I'm having trouble setting up my tivo to do ppp over serial. I have a version 1 sony tivo running 3.0. I have the serial line connected to a null modem adapter connected to another serial line connected to my computer. I've followed the ppp over serial instructions to set up windows XP and the dial prefix. Still, I get a connection failed when I test my call. I checked the connection using hyperterminal, and there's definitely something coming over it -- I see a bunch of gibberish and a couple of User Requests. Any tips? I may be doing something simple wrong. I'm a little frazzled by moving and I no longer have a landline to use to run guided setup, so my tivo isn't going to work until I get this working.

By now, I'm definitely getting a connection to my computer -- about 250 incoming and 450 outgoing. However, I still get a failed - service not answering message. I have a single computer connected to a RCA cable modem, if that helps, and I have tried setting it to connect to a lan and not, and giving it an assigned ip... Do I need to setup something like WinGate on my computer? Is there a more appropriate place to ask this question?

[Shinehead]

OK I have read so many posts that my head is starting to spin. PLEASE can someone help? I installed my "9th Tee" TurboNet card into my stand alone Sony SVR-2000 Tivo (sucessfully I think) yesterday using the steve jenkins install guide. I made it to step 2.16 where I got to the shell prompt "bash-2.02#" from Windows XP. I am now stuck at step 3. I entered in the dialing prefix of ,#401 and cleared out the prefix I had in of *70 for call waiting as well as disabled the dial tone and phone in use options. When I attempt to test my new setting it erros on test #3 (connecting). The message says: Failed. Service Unavailable. From what I see in the forum it seems that ALOT of people have seen this error but I did not find any solutions that seemed like they may work for me. Here are my specs:

TIVO: Sony SVR-2000 with 9th Tee TurboNet Installed
Computer OS: Windows XP Professional
Router: Linksys Cable/DSL Router with 8-port Switch (Model BEFSR81)
Internet Provider: Direcway (satellite internet)

Any help is MUCH appreciated!!!

-Mike

---also, I am currently running a small home network of 4 computers through this router and I can see them all in "My Network Places". Once I get my TIVO set-up correctly will I be able to see this added to that network list?

[jmchain]

I'm trying to use ppp over a serial cable, using the ,#257 dialing prefix, and I can't get this damn thing to work, I can see the correct things in hyperterminal, but here are the results from the modem log... it connects, but doesn't seem to pass any info anywhere. Anyone have any ideas? please help me out. I'd really love to use my tivo again and I moved and don't have a land line. If no one can actually help me, can someone post a modem log from a setup that does work, so I can see what is supposed to happen? (Open Control Panel, click on phone and modems, click on modems, right click on "communication cable between 2 computers", click on view log...)

Thanks!


10-20-2004 21:29:23.515 - 57600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
10-20-2004 21:29:23.515 - Initializing modem.
10-20-2004 21:29:23.515 - Waiting for a call.
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: ~
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Interpreted response: Ring
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: !} }4}"
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: &} } }
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: }%}&}
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: w<8f>}'}"
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Recv: (}"V(~
10-20-2004 21:32:54.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: ~
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Interpreted response: Ring
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: !} }4}"
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Answering the call.
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: &} } }
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Recv: }%}&}
10-20-2004 21:32:57.109 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Recv: w<8f>}'}"
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Recv: }
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Recv: (}"V(~
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Connection established at 57600bps.
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Error-control off or unknown.
10-20-2004 21:32:57.125 - Data compression off or unknown.
10-20-2004 21:33:27.125 - Read: Total: 528, Per/Sec: 14, Written: Total: 0, Per/Sec: 0
10-20-2004 21:33:30.140 - Hanging up the modem.
10-20-2004 21:33:30.140 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
10-20-2004 21:33:32.140 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.
10-20-2004 21:33:32.140 - Recv: <e0><e0><e0><00><e0><e0><e0><00><e0><e0><e0><00><e0><00><e0><00><e0><e0><e0><00><00><e0><e0><e0><00>
10-20-2004 21:33:32.140 - Unknown Response
10-20-2004 21:33:32.140 - 57600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
10-20-2004 21:33:32.140 - Initializing modem.
10-20-2004 21:33:32.140 - Waiting for a call.

[deichkorn]

Hi, lot's of people talk about using ,#401 to perform the initial setup on a Tivo S2. I've read that there were problems with the Linksys model so I exchanged it for Belkin's model which someone in these posts did report good luck with.

Here's my question - I have the belkin usb ethernet adapter plugged into my d-link router. The d-link router runs to my cable modem. I am able to see the tivo show up in the dhcp logs and can identify it's ip address. I've put that IP address into the DMZ to ensure the firewall isn't blocking anything. (I've also connected the tivo directly to the cable modem, rebooted everything and still no luck)

I put the ",#401" prefix (minus the quotes of course) and I am not able to get the tivo to work with ethernet - connection failed every time.

I'd appreciate any advise that might be available. Otherwise, I'm going to have to lug this thing into my office and perform the setup there and hope that it downloads v4 so I can bring it back home to use ongoing without a phone line.

Thanks!!

[sda3]

I have had my Dirrctv DSR704 for about 4 months. I was successfull making its update calls over vonage for about 3 months. But for the last month it has not been able to complete a call. I was pretty frustrated, so I decided to check out Serial PPP. I went to Radio Shack and bought the $6 worth of parts I needed to make the null modem cable from the diagram on tivohelp. Put it all together and it works great. I don't know why I didn't just do it in the first place, but I still don't understand how it actually connects to tivo.

[ashu]

Originally posted by deichkorn
Hi, lot's of people talk about using ,#401 to perform the initial setup on a Tivo S2. ... I'd appreciate any advise that might be available!

Hmm - seems you might have one of the TiVos, that, under odd circumstances, absolutely refuse to complete (Initial) Guided Setup using ,#401. I had the issue with a Black 40 and a Blakc 140, a Silver 40 and A Toshiba SD-H400. Irritating.

Of course, the Silvers and the Toshiba were happy to pick up with internet setup to do the LARGE OS/software update download, after the initial 10-15 minute calls (2 of 'em, one quickie to an 800 number, the next to available local numbers just downloaded). Basically once the menu system came up, they were all able to allow network setup with wired/wireless adapters. The black one had to also mkae the long (2+ hour) download phone call :(

YMMV, but you may just have to bite the bullet and use a phone line.

FYI, I tried teh Belkin F5D5050, the Linkssy USB200M and the D-Link DWL-122 (wireless). And on the flip side of the coin, recent buyers have been lucky enough to never need a phone line, ever! Ugh!

[robcio]

jmchain:

I had the same problem as you. If you look at your log these entries are incorrect:
10-20-2004 21:29:23.515 - 57600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2

To correct them just go to: Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options > Modems > Properties
Then in the new window: Advanced > Change Defult Preferences > General, in this tab change Flow Control to NONE.

Afterwards the log should look like this:

11-13-2004 21:08:21.856 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1

[chadfetter]

Ok, I am running Tivo Series 1 with ver: 3.0xxxxx. I have installed the modem on my XP laptop connected via the serial cable, and when I try to run a test call using prefex ,#296 I get a message after trying to Connect saying "Failed. Service not answering" Below you will find the log from my modem. Any suggestions?

11-22-2004 18:57:14.056 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\tapisrv.dll, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.056 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\unimdm.tsp, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.056 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\unimdmat.dll, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.056 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\uniplat.dll, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.207 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\modem.sys, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.207 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\modemui.dll, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.247 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mdminst.dll, Version 5.1.2600
11-22-2004 18:57:14.247 - Modem type: Communications cable between two computers
11-22-2004 18:57:14.247 - Modem inf path: mdmhayes.inf
11-22-2004 18:57:14.247 - Modem inf section: M2700
11-22-2004 18:57:14.247 - Matching hardware ID: pnpc031
11-22-2004 18:57:14.257 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
11-22-2004 18:57:14.257 - Initializing modem.
11-22-2004 18:57:14.257 - Waiting for a call.
11-22-2004 18:58:06.672 - Passthrough On
11-22-2004 18:58:08.775 - Passthrough Off
11-22-2004 18:58:08.775 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
11-22-2004 18:58:08.775 - Initializing modem.
11-22-2004 18:58:08.775 - Waiting for a call.
11-22-2004 18:58:22.875 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
11-22-2004 18:58:22.875 - Initializing modem.
11-22-2004 18:58:22.895 - Waiting for a call.
11-22-2004 18:58:23.096 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
11-22-2004 18:58:23.096 - Initializing modem.
11-22-2004 18:58:23.096 - Waiting for a call.
11-22-2004 19:03:50.156 - Recv: ~
11-22-2004 19:03:50.156 - Interpreted response: Ring
11-22-2004 19:03:50.156 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
11-22-2004 19:03:50.156 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.166 - Recv: }
11-22-2004 19:03:50.166 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.166 - Recv: !} }4}"
11-22-2004 19:03:50.166 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.176 - Recv: }
11-22-2004 19:03:50.176 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.176 - Recv: &} } }
11-22-2004 19:03:50.176 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.186 - Recv: }
11-22-2004 19:03:50.186 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.186 - Recv: }%}&}
11-22-2004 19:03:50.186 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Recv: }
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Recv: ]<7f>}'}"
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Recv: }
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Recv: (}"<9e>};~
11-22-2004 19:03:50.196 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:53.160 - Recv: ~
11-22-2004 19:03:53.160 - Interpreted response: Ring
11-22-2004 19:03:53.160 - Recv: <ff>}#<c0>!}!
11-22-2004 19:03:53.160 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:53.160 - Answering the call.
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Recv: }
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Recv: !} }4}"
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Send: CLIENTSERVER
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Connection established at 9600bps.
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Error-control off or unknown.
11-22-2004 19:03:53.170 - Data compression off or unknown.
11-22-2004 19:04:23.173 - Read: Total: 538, Per/Sec: 15, Written: Total: 0, Per/Sec: 0
11-22-2004 19:04:26.288 - Hanging up the modem.
11-22-2004 19:04:26.288 - Hardware hangup by lowering DTR.
11-22-2004 19:04:28.291 - A timeout has expired waiting to comm event to occour.
11-22-2004 19:04:28.291 - Recv: +++ATH<cr>
11-22-2004 19:04:28.291 - Unknown Response
11-22-2004 19:04:28.291 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
11-22-2004 19:04:28.291 - Initializing modem.
11-22-2004 19:04:28.291 - Waiting for a call.
11-22-2004 19:04:30.704 - Passthrough On
11-22-2004 19:04:32.797 - Passthrough Off
11-22-2004 19:04:32.797 - 9600,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
11-22-2004 19:04:32.797 - Initializing modem.
11-22-2004 19:04:32.797 - Waiting for a call.

[Deeva_lee]

I am having problems with teh Serial to computer connection.
I have the null modem attached and when it try to set the computer up to read that port as the modem, it wont let me see it.. I am at a loss. :(
I am using XP home.
I have disabled my computers modem.
When i select the comp to comp selection an click next, i see no ports listed and only have the option to view ports listed, and cant select "all ports"

Not sure what to do next :(

[cleal]

As an inexpensive workaround to my Tivo's problems with VoIP, I thought I'd add the terminal commands that allowed me to use my Apple Powerbook running OS 10.4.4 to get my schedule updated on my Sony SVR-2000 via the Tivo's serial cable, a null modem adaptor, a gender changer, and a USB-serial adaptor.

The variables that have to be changed depending on your circumstances are the device name in /dev. Mine was tty.usbserial-FTCDLHLK . I also picked an unused IP in my network; 192.168.1.8.

The first command:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/tty.usbserial-FTCDLHLK 115200 \
noauth local passive proxyarp asyncmap 0 silent persist :192.168.1.8

The second command:
$ sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

I then went to the Tivo and set it up to use ,#211 as a phone prefix which resulted in a successful update on the first try.

Credit goes to snippets gleaned from many posts on the web whose URLs I'm prohibited to acknowledge by the boards anti-spam policies for new posters.

I've located a great post by Psychoderelict on this board that tells me how to bring this whole thing down. His original command to set up the process differs a bit but the commands to bring it down should work fine.

I'm quoting his post:
<QUOTE>
To undo it all you kill the pppd process; type in the terminal:

ps -xuaw | grep pppd

to get something like

root 1594 0.0 0.0 14028 300 ?? Ss+ 3:06PM 0:00.05 /usr/sbin/p etc etc

you need the number of the process 1594. With this in hand do

sudo kill 1594

or whatever number you had.

and turn off packet forwarding:

sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=0

</QUOTE>

[reubenhyman]

tivocards

[Rosenkavalier]

I thought I'd post this here, even though this thread/line of discussion is *almost* dead, in the case that someone else comes along with the same situation and might find this answer some help.

I've had a TurboNet card in my old Series 1 unit for many years now, and it's just sitting there happilly grinding away (may be about time for a new drive...but that's another story). I decided to get a new Router, as the old one I purchased quickly when I first needed a WiFi-compatable one never had all of the features I wanted (in particular, the ability to turn of the 'radio').

So I get everything set, and turn off the Linksys router and switch over to the new Buffalo router. Everything is happy on the PC side. The 'link' light on the ethernet port where I've plugged in the cable from my TiVo is lit, so I'm expecting everything to work as smoothly as it did on the PC.

Well...I lost count of the Test Calls I made (all failed). I went into the configuration pages on the Buffalo router, and switched basically everything off and on again. I hard-coded an IP address, didn't hard-code an IP address, set the time server port to directly pass to the TiVo box (based on comments in this thread, I thought I'd give it a shot) - - nothing worked.

Just to make sure I wasn't going crazy, I moved every cable back to the Linksys - - and the Test Call went through without a glitch. That really got me going. How could one router work, while the other one didn't?

After a lot of trial and error, I finally figured it out. With everything plugged into the new router, I did a System Reset on the TiVo for the first time during all of this. After it rebooted, the Test Call went through without a hitch. I even reset the router and it still worked.

As far as I can tell, the TiVo keeps the 'assigned' IP address from the DHCP server in memory (or on disk) as long as it remains powered up. So if you switch to a new router, with a new IP range (which these two didn't share), nothing you can do will cause the TiVo to recognize the new router until the TiVo is rebooted, and captures that new IP value.

Hopefully this will save someone else some headaches. Presuming this is the actual cause of the problem, of course.

[xxxtonyxxx]

hi
Tell me who knows where to get the software
To link PPP over serial???
I need to run as link
bwinton.latte.ca/Palm/ppp.html
comunication betwin Dreambox and Windows xp serial
Thanks

[xxxtonyxxx]

I can not find the software to connect as you say here "TiVo to make the 'call' over the serial port" first pag

[whatnametochoose]

I know I'm responding to a VERY OLD thread, however I am trying to recover my old Tivo Series 1 with a dead phone modem.

I have made the physical serial connection using a null modem and gender changer, and have made the dial prefix string change under Phone Connection, however it does NOT appear that any connection is being made between the TiVo and my laptop computer (the icon on the computer for the new connection does not ever show a connection, and the computer shows no activity when the TiVo attempts to connect to it. Further, I receive an error message stating "Failed. Service Not Answering.").

Any suggestions on where this may be going wrong?

[classicsat]

Did you set up a PPP server?

[whatnametochoose]

Did you set up a PPP server?

No, simply followed the provided instructions to set up the client on a computer with a serial port, and the computer is already connected to the Internet using a DHCP client connection.

Directions didn't say anithing about setting up any kind of server :( Is there another step?