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Ok... so I've had Tivo for about a year now and have been living with a problem that I'd like to finally fix. I have two Tivo Premiere boxes, both connected to my wireless router through ethernet Wireless adapters from Tivo (both set to Client mode). The wireless router is a D-Link DIR-628 Wireless N Router with a secured network, connecting through the push button on the router, since I don't know how to set the wireless network and password in Tivo (it's easier to connect my iPhone to the network than my Tivo!)
Additionally, I have a PC computer connected wirelessly and a wireless printer as well as several devices that will connect periodically (laptops, iPhones, etc.) The PC computer pretty much never has a connection problem. Sometimes the laptop does if there are a lot of devices pulling data, so I think that's a bandwidth issue.
I can get both Tivos to connect to the internet by restarting the router and Tivo. After a small amount of time, sometimes within an hour the same day, they lose internet connection -- not at the same time or due to any pattern I can figure out, and the only way to get them to reconnect is to restart the Tivo devices (even then it doesn't always work) - sometimes, I need to restart the router as well, sometimes several times.
Tivo thought it was because I was using dynamic IP addresses, I switched to static IPs, but that hasn't helped.
It's really frustrating because one of the reasons I wanted Tivo was to have whole-home DVR and transfer shows between devices, but since I can never seem to get them both connected to the internet when I want to transfer something, I never do it... not sure if it's a settings thing in Tivo or a router problem. Tivo blames the router or Time Warner, Time Warner blames Tivo -- I'm stuck in the middle. Would move to wired connections but one of the devices is upstairs and the connection is downstairs so that would be a real pain...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated !
Marc
Additionally, I have a PC computer connected wirelessly and a wireless printer as well as several devices that will connect periodically (laptops, iPhones, etc.) The PC computer pretty much never has a connection problem. Sometimes the laptop does if there are a lot of devices pulling data, so I think that's a bandwidth issue.
I can get both Tivos to connect to the internet by restarting the router and Tivo. After a small amount of time, sometimes within an hour the same day, they lose internet connection -- not at the same time or due to any pattern I can figure out, and the only way to get them to reconnect is to restart the Tivo devices (even then it doesn't always work) - sometimes, I need to restart the router as well, sometimes several times.
Tivo thought it was because I was using dynamic IP addresses, I switched to static IPs, but that hasn't helped.
It's really frustrating because one of the reasons I wanted Tivo was to have whole-home DVR and transfer shows between devices, but since I can never seem to get them both connected to the internet when I want to transfer something, I never do it... not sure if it's a settings thing in Tivo or a router problem. Tivo blames the router or Time Warner, Time Warner blames Tivo -- I'm stuck in the middle. Would move to wired connections but one of the devices is upstairs and the connection is downstairs so that would be a real pain...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated !
Marc
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