Yesterday I mentioned that I would wait until next week before buying the necessary equipment to take advantage of the home network features built into the second generation TiVo boxes/units.
After further thought, I went ahead today and bought the necessary home network hardware pieces manufactured by Linksys which is owned by Cisco.
The initial setup attempt required telephone calls to our ISP (Bellsouth) and Linksys. Somehow our DSL connection failed right before or during the telephone call to Linksys and their attempts to offer assistance ended there.
A second call to Bellsouth was what the doctor ordered and the rep gave me great assistance and although there was a method to connect the router via an automated method through Linksys' website, the Bellsouth rep earned my trust and we proceeded to go through the steps to successfully get everything working in order.
My next move this evening is going to result in connecting the TiVo box to my home network and broadband connection in order to be able to move files from the TiVo box to my desktop computer and even program our TiVo unit remotely.
I will post the details later and I hope that everything goes well after the time spent on the phone receiving technical assistance already.
I know that I should wait for another day but when it comes to technology, I am a sucker for punishment if it is going to lead to a cool techie breakthrough;)
Now I cannot wait to buy or get other computers to use the wireless home network that now exists within our home.
Peace!
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