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#270852 - 28/11/2005 21:33 Transferring Tivo content wirelessly without a router
burdell1
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I am trying to hook up my Tivo (which has a USB wifi card attached to it) to my computer (which also has a USB wifi card attached to it.) I do not have a router of any kind, but I was told I could still link the two wirelessly so I can transfer the programs off my tivo to the computer (i use the telephone line to do the updates) Is there a way to do this without a router? I tried to and got the my music and my pictures folder to link up, but I couldn't get the tivo to show up on my tivo desktop.)

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#270853 - 28/11/2005 23:15 Re: Transferring Tivo content wirelessly without a router [Re: burdell1]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
I think so. You want to put them in ad-hoc mode.
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#270854 - 29/11/2005 02:52 Re: Transferring Tivo content wirelessly without a router [Re: JBjorgen]
burdell1
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
has anyone tried it?

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#270855 - 29/11/2005 13:07 Re: Transferring Tivo content wirelessly without a router [Re: burdell1]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I had two devices talk to one another without a router before. As he said, you need to put the wireless adapter in Ad-hoc mode. but I'm not sure if you can do that on the Tivo. I seem to recall you can only set up the DHCP settings.
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#270856 - 29/11/2005 13:19 Re: Transferring Tivo content wirelessly without a router [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Well, that's really two different things.

I'd take a look at the docs for the adpater and see how it says to put it in ad-hoc mode. (For that matter, how does it know what network to join?) Anyway, what I'm getting at is that you might be able to install it on a "normal" computer, set it to ad-hoc mode, then plug it back into the TiVo. I have no idea that that will actually work, but it's a possibility.
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#270857 - 29/11/2005 13:25 Re: Transferring Tivo content wirelessly without a router [Re: wfaulk]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Usually those adapters require the OS to set things. I've only ever seen dedicated APs or ethernet converters which remember the settings.

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