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    Network connection to Tivo Series 2 no connection

    I have a Tivo Series 2 DVR. I have attempted to connect it to my MediaCom network connection. I am using a RCA Digital Broadband Cable modem to a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL router model BEFSR41, to a Linksys USB200 ver 2.1 (LCS217500678) adapter then to the USB port on the DVR. When trying to connect using the Network connection on the Tivo setup screen, I am told that the network adapter is incorrect. I have since used the Linksys 200M ver. 2 adapter that Tivo sent me with the same result. I have a laptop right next to the Tivo and I am able to connect to the internet without fail using both connection adapters. When connected to the Tivo I get not connectivity lights on the adapter. Help:
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    You got the adapter from TiVo directly? TiVo recommends their own TiVo USB to wireless adapter.

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    • #3
      Yes, The tech support at TiVo sent me the adapter.

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      • #4
        The reason they sent this adapter is because I am not using a wireless network. The router is less than a foot from the Tivo.

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        • #5
          If you aren't on a wireless network, how are you trying to use a wireless adapter?

          On the page linked, specifically which adapter do you have?
          Been here a long time . . .

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          • #6
            Here let me explain this again. I am not running a wireless connection. I have a "WIRED" connection. I purchased the first USB adapter from Best Buy USB200 ver 2.1 (LCS217500678) . That adapter did not work. In contacting Tivo Tech Support, they said that I needed a different adapter, even though the one I had was recommended on the Tivo website. They sent me another "WIRED" adapter, Linksys 200M ver. 2. This adapter did not work either. It is "NOT" required to use a wireless network adapter, they have recommend the above adapters for my application.

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            • #7
              When you use the laptop, are you using the same Ethernet cable and the same port on the router?

              What model TiVo, by the way?

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              • #8
                Yes. I have tried it with the same cable,same port. Different cable,same port.Different cable, different port, etc.

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                • #9
                  Just the regular series 2.

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                  • #10
                    If you connect the laptop - in the same location - with that adapter, does it go online?

                    TiVo sent you this adapter directly?
                    Been here a long time . . .

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                    • #11
                      Again,Yes! They sent me this adapter and again yes I can go online. I fact I sent you this email from my laptop.

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                      • #12
                        I'm really at a loss to understand what this could be, then. Have you tried getting back in touch with them?
                        Been here a long time . . .

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                        • #13
                          Could there be a problem with the USB port, and if so how do I check it? I have tried everything else as far as network connections go. Does my internet provider have to do anything to allow the connection? Is there any special update I need on the Tivo DVR to recognize the connection? This Tivo has never been connected to anything. It was a display model that was never used.

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                          • #14
                            The TiVo could definitely have a bad port. Do you get a light on the adapter when you plug it in?

                            Pretty much any current OS can do networking, but you should have 9.x.
                            Been here a long time . . .

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                            • #15
                              I do get two of the green lites on the adapter, but I never get the third green lite. I think that's the connectivity green lite. I know when I plug the laptop into the same network cable and adapter I get all three green lites. If the USB port is faulty, is there a fix?

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