Tivo HD: networking woes

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deadenzo

Discussion Starter · Aug 29, 2011

Hi,
Having a strange networking issues that have me baffled. I have a tivo hd hard-wired to wireless router. The tivo can connect to tivo for updates, but cannot access anything else: you tube, netflix, movie tickets, etc. I get a generic network error.

Under network settings I have tried a static ip, dynamic ip, port tests ok.

It used to work at my last house (same router), but ever since I moved it has stopped working. I have never had an issue connecting to tivo for updates.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Tom

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dwit

· #2 · Aug 29, 2011

Well, as a last resort, you might try repeating guided set up(if you have not already done so).

http://support.tivo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/406

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 30, 2011

yes, I did a guided setup soon after I was connected at the new house. Went through and changed zip code, etc.

Tivo last night suggested I call comcast to see if any ports are blocked which comcast indicated they are not. So it is confusing to me why it cannot access youtube, etc.

cable modem is just that and doesn't have any port blocking capabilities.

Any ideas?

MC Hammer

· #4 · Aug 30, 2011

What is the exact error message you get?

steve614

· #5 · Aug 30, 2011

I'm thinking firewall or anti-virus software issue.

If your using a firewall on your router, temporarily disable it to see if that is the problem.

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #6 · Aug 31, 2011

MC Hammer said:
What is the exact error message you get?

When I try netflix I get:
an unexpected error has occurred, either the netflix service is inaccessible or there was a network error. (not too helpful)

When I try youtube I get:
I can view the titles of new videos on youtube. When I attempt to play one I get a very generic that says:

Trouble watching you tube, try this:
1) check your internet connection (same as before when it worked fine - no settings on wrt120n have changed)
2) setup your dvr to allow transfers - done. Also disabled and re-enabled per csr at tivo.

There is no firewall enabled on router as far as I know. Again, nothing has been changed on this other than trying port forwarding (per csr at tivo).

Thanks for the suggestions.

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MeStinkBAD

· #7 · Aug 31, 2011

Remove the router, connect the TiVo directly to the Internet modem. If the issue goes away that means you will probably need to "hard reset" your router to restore it to it's factory settings.

Do not mess with port forwarding. You do not need any forwarded ports. Why the TiVo CSR would tell you this is odd.

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #8 · Aug 31, 2011

MeStinkBAD said:
Remove the router, connect the TiVo directly to the Internet modem. If the issue goes away that means you will probably need to "hard reset" your router to restore it to it's factory settings.

Do not mess with port forwarding. You do not need any forwarded ports. Why the TiVo CSR would tell you this is odd.

will try tonight. Thanks

MC Hammer

· #9 · Aug 31, 2011

deadenzo said:
When I try netflix I get:
an unexpected error has occurred, either the netflix service is inaccessible or there was a network error. (not too helpful)

When I try youtube I get:
I can view the titles of new videos on youtube. When I attempt to play one I get a very generic that says:

Trouble watching you tube, try this:
1) check your internet connection (same as before when it worked fine - no settings on wrt120n have changed)
2) setup your dvr to allow transfers - done. Also disabled and re-enabled per csr at tivo.

There is no firewall enabled on router as far as I know. Again, nothing has been changed on this other than trying port forwarding (per csr at tivo).

Thanks for the suggestions.

For the unexpected error with Netflix - unlink and relink your Netflix account. Should take care of that problem.

As for the Youtube issue, try MeStinkBAD's advice. If that doesn't work, setup static IP on TiVo and DMZ that in your router (if at all possible, DMZ the MAC of the TiVo). Should prevent any further networking issues.

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 1, 2011

MC Hammer said:
For the unexpected error with Netflix - unlink and relink your Netflix account. Should take care of that problem.

As for the Youtube issue, try MeStinkBAD's advice. If that doesn't work, setup static IP on TiVo and DMZ that in your router (if at all possible, DMZ the MAC of the TiVo). Should prevent any further networking issues.

Thanks. I have already done the unlink/relink with netflix, but no luck. I will try MeStinkBAD's suggestion tonight. Hopefully I don't have to go DMZ route as that is a bit over my head. It shouldn't be this difficult.

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #11 · Sep 1, 2011

deadenzo said:
Thanks. I have already done the unlink/relink with netflix, but no luck. I will try MeStinkBAD's suggestion tonight. Hopefully I don't have to go DMZ route as that is a bit over my head. It shouldn't be this difficult.

ok, so I thought I found the issue. For some reason my setup (which worked at the former house was)

Cable Modem --> OOMA phone device --> Wireless Router --> Tivo (hard wired)

Here at the new house it was setup the same, but last night I tried

Cable Modem --> Wireless Router --> Tivo (hard wired into back of wireless router)
Wireless Router --> OOMA phone device (hard wired into back of wireless router)

You tube was working last night, but there was a long delay before video starts. Netflix still no go. I deactivated (again) and re-activated and it looked like it was going to work but got same general error. This morning nothing is working again.

I will try direct connection to cable modem to see how that goes.

Thanks

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dwit

· #12 · Sep 1, 2011

deadenzo said:
ok, so I thought I found the issue. For some reason my setup (which worked at the former house was)

Cable Modem --> OOMA phone device --> Wireless Router --> Tivo (hard wired)

Here at the new house it was setup the same, but last night I tried

Cable Modem --> Wireless Router --> Tivo (hard wired into back of wireless router)
Wireless Router --> OOMA phone device (hard wired into back of wireless router)

You tube now seems to work, but there's a long delay before video starts. Netflix still no go. I deactivated (again) and re-activated and it looked like it was going to work but got same general error.

I'm restarting tivo now.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Maybe test it with the OOMA removed completely.

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #13 · Sep 1, 2011

dwit said:
Maybe test it with the OOMA removed completely.

Here's where I show my networking ignorance...

I connected tivo direct to back of cable modem via ethernet cable. How do I need to reconfigure tivo to get ip address from cable modem. when tivo set to get ip automatically it fails because it cannot find dhcp server. if static ip how do I figure out what to set it to?

Thanks again

dwit

· #14 · Sep 1, 2011

deadenzo said:
Here's where I show my networking ignorance...

I connected tivo direct to back of cable modem via ethernet cable. How do I need to reconfigure tivo to get ip address from cable modem. when tivo set to get ip automatically it fails because it cannot find dhcp server. if static ip how do I figure out what to set it to?

Thanks again

Sorry, don't know that. But I meant just to remove the ooma, not the router.

Maybe someone else can help you with that.

deadenzo

Discussion Starter · #15 · Sep 1, 2011

dwit said:
Sorry, don't know that. But I meant just to remove the ooma, not the router.

Maybe someone else can help you with that.

I also tried that last night too. I plugged both OOMA and Tivo into the back of router. Still no go. I then tried with no OOMA connected at all (maybe thinking that OOMA was being a bit piggy and starving out Tivo - but still no go).

I think I'm due for another tivo csr chat...

Thanks

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