Agreed with both previous posters. It would be odd to have broadband and no computer, but it can be done. Sign up for cable or DSL Internet, purchase a wireless router, and give your TiVo a fast Internet connection without tying up the phone line.
However, that's not very cost effective. Broadband Internet is anywhere from $20-60/mo. If you live close enough to your neighbors that you get a wireless signal you might ask them if you could use their Internet connection just for your TiVo. Explain to them that you won't be browsing the net, and it uses almost no bandwidth unless you're downloading movies, etc. They may not mind at all (I wouldn't) and you could offer to pay them a few bucks a month. If they're agreeable to it, I wouldn't worry about your TiVo being on their network. There's nothing they can get to on your TiVo, unless you give them your Media Access Key and even then all they could do is watch shows you've recorded with TiVo to Go on their PC. (Somebody correct me if I'm forgetting something.) How many wireless networks did it detect? From the names, can you guess which of your neighbors they belong to? ________________________________ From: MegaZone <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:56:10 AM Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] broadband Once upon a time Lori R shaped the electrons to say... > Is there a way to hook up my Tivo Series 2 to broadband without a > computer? I don't have one and I am not computer savvy. I bought > this wireless adapter that was supposed to be Tivo compatible. It > detects the network but asks for a SSID and password. How do I get > that? Is there someone I have to call or what? Any help would be > appreciated. Sure you can hook up a TiVo to broadband without a computer, but you'll need to have broadband service. And to use that wireless adapter you'll need a router with WiFi, or a wireless access point. Do you have broadband? It'd be very odd to subscribe to broadband without a computer. -MZ -- megazone-at- megazone. org http://www.MegaZone .org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.GizmoLov ers.com/ http://www.Eyrie- Productions. com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
