TiVo connection

[castlekeep]

Hello,

I'm thinking on having a TiVo box installed and have a question about how it is connected to the internet.

My Current set is :
A V+ box in the main room and a TV drive in another.
20mb broadband with a 4 port LinkSys router.
The four ports on the router are used up with, a PC hard wired, a hard wire connection going upstairs to another PC, a hard wired Netgear NAS, a hard wired Netgear media player.
I use the Wireless facility for two laptops, a del axim and an Amazon Kindle.

If the TiVo has to go into the router then I have no spare port. :(

Can anyone advise how the TiVo connects to the internet ?

Thank you for any guidence

Phil.

[jungleguy]

Through the coax

[Kingofthedead4]

Yes it uses its own inbuilt modem.

[Stephen]

TiVo has a built in modem that connects direct to the cable network via the standard coax cable into the back of the TiVo.

You don't need to connect it to your router.

[RB2004]

You will only need a network connection on the back when latest TiVo update comes out if u want to make use of some of the new features like the iOS app for iPhone and iPad

[jb66]

So whos responsibility is it to Ethernet two tivos together? Hope it's not mine!

[Stephen]

Well they aren't connected to each other but the customers home network.

[RB2004]

Yep via the router, switch or vm hub.

No idea who's responsibility it will be.. But you can bet a bunch of customers will complain they can't use the new functionality because they don't know how to rig up an Ethernet connection lol

---------- Post added at 08:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 PM ----------

Yep via the router, switch or vm hub.

No idea who's responsibility it will be.. But you can bet a bunch of customers will complain they can't use the new functionality because they don't know how to rig up an Ethernet connection Lola

[castlekeep]

Hello,

Thanks to all for clarifying that the TiVo does not need to be connected to my router. :)

Phil.