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11-26-2006, 07:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 77
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Wireless S3-Why
What are the advantages of going wirless verses using the phone line??
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11-26-2006, 07:37 AM
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FourNow...WaitFive
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Baltimore
Posts: 5,204
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Since they haven't yet turned on MRV, I believe all you'd be missing out on is remote scheduling (log into tivo.com, enter a show to record, and the next time your S3 calls home it will try to add it. Without ethernet (wired or wireless), your TiVo won't call home every hour for such programming updates.
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11-26-2006, 07:57 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Tivo uses a lower form of security (WEP) I was using WAP. I was able to change some of my computers but my lap top doesn't support WEP. Does anyone else come accross this problem?
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11-26-2006, 08:29 AM
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Now in HD
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slower Lower Delaware
Posts: 6,376
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Originally Posted by hglass
Tivo uses a lower form of security (WEP) I was using WAP. I was able to change some of my computers but my lap top doesn't support WEP. Does anyone else come accross this problem?
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The update just pushed to the S2's added WPA when using Tivo own wireless adapter. I expect to see the same update for the S3 forthcoming.
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11-26-2006, 08:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Denver ish
Posts: 19,954
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Originally Posted by hglass
What are the advantages of going wirless verses using the phone line??
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- Make Daily Call over Internet
- Music
- Photos
- All the HME Apps (internet radio, yahoo, etc.)
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11-29-2006, 04:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 58
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wap now supported
according to my service update I got today!
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11-29-2006, 05:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 124
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#1 advantage - if you don't have a phone line.....
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11-29-2006, 05:12 PM
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Debates Ghee vs Gi
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 12,774
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There's a third option, wired ethernet. That's what I'll be using. No additional adapter required, just plug 'er right in the back.
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11-29-2006, 07:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Posts: 6,834
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Originally Posted by hglass
Tivo uses a lower form of security (WEP) I was using WAP. I was able to change some of my computers but my lap top doesn't support WEP. Does anyone else come accross this problem?
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USB wireless adapter is not the only way to go wireless. The other (better IMO) way to go wireless is using ethernet port of the S3 and a wireless bridge - there are many varieties of those and you can choose from several with WAP. In my case I use Buffalo routers in WDS bridging mode to make a wireless bridge from S3 to my main router. I used that setup for many years previously with my ReplayTVs for streaming video wirelessly between Replays and it works great.
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11-29-2006, 07:46 PM
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Now in HD
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slower Lower Delaware
Posts: 6,376
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Originally Posted by billb914
according to my service update I got today!
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Isn't it WPA, not WAP. And I assume that update was on a S2, not a S3.
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