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Posted by: midiver

I put in the crossover cable, but still no luck. it show that it is not seeing the other host.

Posted by: csyria

You need to go online to TiVo.com and enable it.

I'm not sure if that'd work, however. It relies on a DHCP server in a router or hub IIRC and they can be had for about $10 After MIR.

Posted by: midiver

I did Enable it online. And the rest of what you said i have no clue..lol

Posted by: csyria

I think that you will need a router. The support pages at TiVo.com will tell you more info.

Basicly, it assigns each TiVo an address that they can find each other at. They don't do this on their own, so a router is in order.

Posted by: midiver

if you look at this link. it shows that you only need what i have installed.

http://customersupport.tivo.com/tiv...lic/tv2046.htm?

Posted by: dirtypacman

You needed a crossover cable. That is different than standard ethernet line. So if your using two different types of ethernet wire then it wont work.

Posted by: kitsap

Yes, this should work. You want the wires to "cross" one time, and the way you're doing it, that's what will happen.

Posted by: kitsap

Yes, I've connected two Tivos that way, and it worked fine. Connect everything and then, once all the wiring is in place, reboot both units.

I think you're too suspicious, however: Tivo wouldn't have put that page up without checking it first. Really! :cool:

Posted by: midiver

I found out my problem, I needed 35 feet of crossover cable. And i couldn't find 50 feet. So they gave me a 25 and a 10 feet crossover cable and a coupler. I asked the salesman if the coupler would work on the crossover cable. And he said yes, but he would go back and ask the support people.just to make sure. and they said it would work. Well it doesn't work. I had to put the tivo on the floor so it could reach with just one cable. I did that rebooted and it was working great. So i spliced and sodered the two cables together and everything is working great. Thanks for everyones help!

Posted by: bedelman

I think what you found was that two crossover cables cancel each other out -- two wrongs make a right in a way.

If you had only one crossover cable and then a regular cable with a coupler, you would have been OK.

Posted by: mdscott

Or three crossover cables and two couplers or...

mds:D

Posted by: csyria

Reboot only stops a recording in progress.

Try forcing Daily Calls.

Posted by: kitsap

Have you rebooted at all since you connected the cables? I think that Tivos will only detect that they're now wired during a boot-up. Go into Settings - Phone & Network Settings and see if you have IP addresses and MAC addresses. If not, reboot 'em. If this inforamtion is already set, rebooting probably won't advance the process, and subsequent calls are probably what's needed.

By the way, once your Tivos understand that they're wired, make sure that they still know they have to use the phone to connect. (I assume they handle this correctly, but I'm not sure.)

Posted by: kitsap

Yes, just unplug. It's best to do this when you're not actually recording something ... and my personal belief is that it's even better when the Tivo "sounds quiet" ... but I do think it needs a reboot in order to recognize that it's now connected to the outside world! (This could be the solution; whee! :))

Posted by: bedelman

You may want to visit "Manage My Account" at TiVo's web site and make sure that MRV is active on your units.

Posted by: dahacker

quote:
Originally posted by Lurker-d
I don't have an e-mail address to sign up for "Manage my Account"

My you have got to be f-king kidding me alarm just went off.

How do you access this website with a typewriter? More importantly, what did you do with the typewriter that you originally had email on to register for this forum to begin with?

Oh SNAP. I figured it out. You are on an airgapped network at the Pentagon where the packets are faxed across to and from the Internet.

Try pointing your current typewriter to http://www.hotmail.com among others.

Posted by: kitsap

quote:
Originally posted by Lurker-d
Wish I could, no e-mail no password for "Manage My Account".

OMG! That's your problem, then. The first response in this thread said that it's necessary to go to tivo.com to activate MRV; and you have to do that. (While the response wasn't to your message - you came in a bit later - I figured you'd read the messages in this thread, since it addresses your setup!)

Posted by: The TiVo Dude

quote:
Originally posted by Lurker-d
Wish I could, no e-mail no password for "Manage My Account".

When you originally got online and registered your Tivo (you did do that right? If you only have Tivo Basic there are no Home Media Features and therefore no MRV) you were required to enter an email address and a password.

Are you saying you forgot your password? If so, click on the "Forgot my password" link and you will be sent another.

If you never entered your email and a password on the Tivo website, then you must not have Tivo Plus - required for MRV.

Posted by: kitsap

I'm glad you got it working, Lurker-D! Sorry you had to go through all the rebooting and redialing when you just needed the authorization switch flipped at Tivo HQ.

Have fun; you're going to love MRV! :cool: