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Originally Posted by Virgin Territory
Good evening all.
I've seen many minor mentions here & there about connecting a TiVo to a LAN, but no explanation.
Could someone explain (or point me in the right direction) to what the advantage, if any, in doing this would be.
And, there is always an and, how to go about it all.
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There is an ethernet port on the back of the TIVO, which allows you to connect it to your router. TIVO will then be connected to your Local Area Network, allowing you to connect to it via the various Android/IPhone remote control applications (there's also a Windows one linked a few posts up). Also if you have two TIVOs and can get them both connected to the LAN then they can see each other, and theoretically play each others recordings (though this is being restricted by broadcaster rights at present, hopefully this will be working soon).
If your TIVO is not close to your router then you can use powerline adapters to send the network data over your power cables rather than having to drag network cables all round the house.
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Originally Posted by nstokes
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I've just been playing with this one and it works well. One of the big pluses is that it allows you to use the laptop keyboard to type into the various search boxes. The TV guide bit is just a link to the TV Guide on the VM website I believe, but useful nonetheless.